The Boring Company said construction of its Music City Loop project in Nashville is accelerating, with two tunnel boring machines now operating simultaneously and two additional machines expected to join the effort before the end of the year.
The Tennessee Star has been named a finalist for the 2026 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism for Best Local Reporting, marking its second consecutive year being recognized as a finalist for the award.
Nashville will hold a citywide celebration honoring the late Tennessee country music legend Dolly Parton on Friday, September 25, with businesses, music venues, and other organizations participating in events and charitable efforts.
The date references Parton’s “9 to 5” song and 1980 film. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, Music Community Foundation, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce announced the celebration.
Peter Robinson, the former Reagan White House speechwriter who drafted President Ronald Reagan’s famous 1987 “Tear down this wall” address, will moderate discussions following a four-part lecture series featuring venture capitalist Peter Thiel in downtown Nashville later this month.
Andrea Wilson, head of Loam Technologies, discussed the upcoming official launch of Uplift: Bible Chat, a Bible-based artificial intelligence platform designed to provide users with AI assistance grounded in a biblical worldview, during an exclusive interview Wednesday with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy.
The Boring Company is continuing tunneling operations for its Music City Loop transportation project in Nashville, with the company reporting that its second tunnel boring machine is now working through the city’s limestone.
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