A former Oak Ridge city manager who now works in Bristol has been named Tennessee City Manager of the Year, according to the Bristol Herald Courier.
Jeffrey J. Broughton will receive his award during the Tennessee City Management Association’s annual awards breakfast banquet in Knoxville on June 12, the Herald Courier reported.
Approximately 150 guests have been invited to attend a flag-raising ceremony at 9 a.m. Tuesday that will recognize the Y-12 National Security Complex’s attainment of DOE-VPP Star level and designation as a VPP Star Site.
VPP stands for Voluntary Protection Plan and is available to all contractors and subcontractors in the U.S. Department of Energy complex. Achieving VPP Star status means that Y-12 has proven a commitment to creating a safe work environment that protects workers, the public and the environment, and the plant must continue to meet safety standards.
UCOR, the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, has announced the winners of an education “mini-grant” program.
The UCOR Mini-Grant Program was created to recognize and support excellence in teaching by providing funds to assist teachers for certain projects or curricula. This focus is primarily on science, technology, engineering, and math.
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A $1.8 million impasse over funding for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department could be resolved tonight.
Anderson County Sheriff Paul White has requested extra money in his budget to buy new cars, cover higher costs, and hire 15 jailers for a minimum security jail dormitory expected to open by June, among other things.
But so far, county officials, including Anderson County Mayor Myron Iwanski, have seemed reluctant to provide the additional funding.
“There’s no way they can do it without a tax increase,” Iwanski said Monday morning. “There’s very little interest in a tax increase.”
Cancer survivors walk the first lap Friday evening during the annual all-night Relay for Life at Oak Ridge High School.
More than 500 survivors, family, friends, and supporters walked in a cancer-fighting fundraiser at Oak Ridge High School this past weekend.
Organizers of the annual all-night Relay for Life hoped to raise $80,000 and had already raised $55,000, said Kayla Shelby, an American Cancer Society employee who helped volunteers organize the event.
Stephanie Bruner of Maynardville wins the Run for the Rose Women's 5K in Oak Ridge on Saturday with a time of 21:25.6.
Fifty-two competitors signed up for the Run for the Rose Women’s 5K in Oak Ridge on Saturday.
It was part of Women’s Weekend in Oak Ridge. The weekend also included a Sunday morning Wild Rose Women’s Triathlon, which included a 300-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride, and three-mile run.
A black bear climbs onto a backyard grill in north Oak Ridge on Tuesday after looking into a living room window. (Photo by George Ostrouchov)
Residents continued to report that a bear or bears was in the Secret City this week, and one was trapped at Oak Ridge National Laboratory early Friday morning.
George Ostrouchov took pictures of a black bear in his back yard on Orchard Circle at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“The bear first looked into our living room, putting its paws on the window,” Ostrouchov said in an e-mail. “Then he (we assume it was a young male) proceeded to check out our grill. The grill happened to be still on to clean itself after grilling.”
Women can compete in Oak Ridge this weekend in a 5K run and sprint triathlon.
The Run for the Rose Women’s 5K starts at 8 a.m. at the Grove Center Shopping Center. The Wild Rose Women’s Triathlon starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool and consists of a 300-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride, and three-mile run.
The events are part of Women’s Weekend in Oak Ridge.
Y-12 National Security Complex workers find new uses for old utility poles, saving them from the landfill. (Photo submitted by B&W Y-12)
Y-12 National Security Complex workers have found new uses for old utility poles, saving them from the landfill.
The poles are being used to create vehicle and horse trailer barriers in the Lone Mountain State Forest parking lots, and the U.S. Department of Energy is using some of them at its secure transportation courier training facility in Oak Ridge.
Y-12 National Security Complex employees will be at the Wildcat Den at 8:30 a.m. Saturday for a work day.
The volunteers plan on working on the driveway and trim the back yard.
More than 340 students graduate from Oak Ridge High School in the Class of 2012 at a Thursday ceremony at Blankenship Field.
More than 340 students graduated from Oak Ridge High School in the Class of 2012, a class size that is about average, school officials said.
The graduation ceremony was held at Blankenship Field on Thursday night.
