The Copperhill and Ducktown communities in Tennessee are now without medical care as the rural area's only hospital, Copper Basin Medical Center, shut its doors for good Sunday. CEO Dan Johnson told ...

It's amazing what's been done at this site in just 15 years. DUCKTOWN, Tenn. - Standing in the Copper Basin today feels like standing in many rural Tennessee settings: rolling hills dotted ...

Throughout Tennessee and the nation, rural hospitals are struggling to stay open. Copper Basin Medical Center, a 62-year-old hospital in Ducktown, Tenn., closed in October 2017. Ducktown residents say ...

Between 1850 and 1987, the mines in Tennessee's Copper Basin — an area of only 50 square miles — produced more than 24 million pounds of copper. In Ducktown, one of the company towns, I visited the ...

Remediation since 2001 by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation contractors on the Copperhill Watershed Restoration project in Polk County led to an award for a Nashville-based firm.

Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected ...