The Oak Ridge boys and girls basketball teams will play for district championships on Monday and Tuesday. It's the sixth consecutive trip to the district championship game for the girls and the ninth for the boys. The Lady Wildcats (19-4) will … [Read More...]
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Natural gas rates will rise, expected to drop when prices decline
Natural gas rates will increase for Oak Ridge Utility District customers because of weather-related price increases and higher transportation costs. Rates are expected to decrease when weather-related spikes decline. The rates will increase because there has been a rise in the price of natural … [Read More...]
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Lady Wildcats play in district semifinal game Friday night
The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats will play in a district semifinal girls basketball game tonight (Friday, February 19). Oak Ridge (18-4) will play Clinton (9-12). The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in Wildcat Arena at Oak Ridge High School. The winner will play for the District 3-AAA … [Read More...]
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Planning Commission to discuss district that would allow motorsports park
Part of the site where a test track and research facility or motorsports park could be built on the back side of Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge is pictured above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission is scheduled to … [Read More...]
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City has second public meeting on new entrance sign
Image courtesy City of Oak Ridge of a proposed sign along South Illinois Avenue/Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 62) The City of Oak Ridge will have its second public meeting on a new sign at the city's entrance on South Illinois Avenue at 3 p.m. today (Thursday, February 18). The public … [Read More...]
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Council to discuss fatal police shooting, Gateway Project
Image courtesy City of Oak Ridge of a proposed sign along South Illinois Avenue/Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 62) The Oak Ridge City Council this evening will discuss a fatal police shooting in August and this week's public meetings about a planned sign at the city entrance on South Illinois … [Read More...]
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Hear from ORNL scientists who worked on Perseverance mission
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mV1sYjE-zMU Video published on YouTube by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Three scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss their work this afternoon on technologies for the Perseverance rover, which uses plutonium-238 produced at the lab and will touch … [Read More...]
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Bienvenue named first executive director of Oak Ridge Institute
Joan Bienvenue Joan Bienvenue has been selected as the first executive director of the Oak Ridge Institute at the University of Tennessee. "The institute was established last year to align the expertise and infrastructure of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the university in support of … [Read More...]
