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The Norris Lake Project Team will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 9, 2021 at 10 a.m. to celebrate the opening of the Norris Lake Area Trail System (NATS). TVA Representatives, local officials and the project steering committee will gather at Norris Dam State Park’s Picnic Shelter One …

Listen up, science fiction fans, because this new Roane State class offering is for you. The course, “The History of Science Fiction,” (INTL 1010) will be held during the fall semester on the Oak Ridge Branch Campus on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:50 p.m. The three credit-hour course …

(ORPW press release) Oak Ridge Public Works crews want drivers to be aware of intermittent lane closures set for this week on East Division Road between the entrance to Zaxby’s and the intersection with Oak Ridge Turnpike. Crews will be conducting asphalt replacement work and will need to close north …

On May 3rd, 4th, and 5th in-person middle school students in the Anderson County school system will transition to virtual learning in order to allow virtual students to be tested. Virtual students will report to their home school on these three days to complete state testing. MSACOLA students will all …

The Anderson County Beekeepers Association invites the community to its annual Beekeeper Field Day on April 10th, from 10 am to 3 pm. at Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm, located at 132 England Drive, Clinton, TN, This event is free and open to public for all those interested. Organizers ask that …

Oak Ridge High School student Daniel Joy won first place at the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Poster Presentation Competition held virtually in March. The competition was March 4-5. Daniel, son of Ingrid Busch and Ken Joy, presented his poster, “Using Data Science to Explore Historical Trends and Predict …

Three children were injured and the driver charged with DUI after a single-car crash in Campbell County on Monday. According to the crash report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident happened just before 5 p.m. on Norris Freeway. Margo White-Oden, 32, of Rocky Top, was driving a Nissan Altima …

According to our partners at BBB-TV, Harriman Councilman James Brian Frost was arrested and taken to the Roane County Jail early this morning on a charge of aggravated assault. No details of the incident that resulted in Frost’s arrest were immediately released, but the TV station is working to get …

Main Street Baptist Church in Rocky Top is partnering with Munsey’s Pharmacy in Oak Ridge, the Oak Ridge Rotary and the Anderson County EMS, to provide the first round of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to anyone who wants to receive it this this Saturday. This drive-up and drive-thru vaccination clinic is …

Former Jacksboro Alderman Shayne Green was elected Mayor in Saturday’s municipal election.. Green garnered 180 votes, easily defeating J.C. Miller, who received 55. Four candidates ran for two vacant seats on the Board of Aldermen. Brian Osborn, with 102 votes, and Jimmy Snodgrass with 101 were the top two vote-getters, …