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by Danny Wade The month of October is National Women’s Small Business Month, and the Humboldt Chronicle is proud to honor those women who have made a difference in local businesses. No matter the field, women have an influential presence in small business – as business owners, professionals and employees, they make invaluable contributions to…

Dictionaries for All     by Danny Wade Humboldt has a few civic clubs and all play an important role in serving the community. Last week, one of these clubs continued a project aimed at assisting students. The Rotary Club of Humboldt, for a second year, donated dictionaries to East Elementary School third grade classes.…

by Danny Wade The late Humboldt Viking basketball coach, Thomas Boykin, will soon be memorialized for years and years to come. On Friday, October 5 the Humboldt Jr./Sr. High School gymnasium will be named in his honor. The Thomas Ray Boykin Gym has been the discussion around town for weeks after his passing earlier this…

Reflecting on the Silver Star he was being awarded, Army Sergeant First Class (Retired) Wilford “Mike” Denote, a resident of Humboldt, Tenn., said his troops that day, and the servicemen and women past, present, and future were his heroes. Denote delivered those comments to a standing-room-only crowd, August 30, at Fort Campbell, Ky. He was…

Laugh Out Loud by Danny Wade There’s nothing funny about helping people in need. That is until next weekend when a fundraiser for a local charity will highlight three comedians. Helping Hand of Humboldt presents “An Evening of Comedy” slated for Saturday, September 29 in downtown Humboldt at the Opera House. Helping Hand Director Emma…

by Danny Wade If you happened to be driving on Hwy 45E between Three Way and Medina, you may have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you. A convoy of trucks and machinery were chugging along, grinding and paving the highway. What was most strange is that none of the trucks had drivers—at least…

by Danny Wade The Humboldt School Board met last Thursday evening minus a board member. Lori Coleman resigned from the board and has moved out of state. With four members present, enough for a quorum, the meeting went on as planned. Superintendent, Dr. Versie Hamlett, was unable to attend the meeting in person due to…

Chiefs in Charge by Danny Wade It has been a little over four months since Reynard Buchanan was appointed chief of police for the Humboldt Police Department after former chief, Rob Ellis, retired. For most Humboldtans, the change in leadership went smoothly and no one noticed any drastic adjustments within the department. Chief Buchanan has…

$37-million upgrade for Humboldt Utilities underway, more on horizon by Danny Wade With Tyson soon coming to town, lots of planning has been in the works for months. No one has done more planning than Humboldt Utilities, who will provide all utilities to the Gibson County Industrial Park. The state of Tennessee has been good…