Electric crews repair the damage caused by a crash into a TVA high-voltage transmission tower next to South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge) Power was restored to all of Oak Ridge except for … [Read More...]
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Charges pending, three injured in crash into TVA transmission tower
Charges are pending after a crash into an electrical transmission tower that caused widespread power outages Friday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2021, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) Charges are pending and three people were injured in a single-vehicle crash into … [Read More...]
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Public Notice: Comment period extended for Draft EA for Lithium Processing Facility at Y-12
EXTENSION OF THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE LITHIUM PROCESSING FACILITY AT THE Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX (DOE/EA-2145) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announces the extension of the comment period until … [Read More...]
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Part of South Illinois Ave. remains closed
A large high-voltage transmission tower was knocked down in a single-vehicle crash at Union Valley Road and South Illinois Avenue on Friday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2021, causing widespread power outages. Repairs are being made. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) The section of South Illinois … [Read More...]
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Protesters will say nuclear weapons illegal under UN treaty
Members of Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance and supporters gather across from the Y-12 National Security Complex to protest the plant's Uranium Processing Facility in April 2013. (File photo) Protesters plan to hang a banner at a nuclear weapons production site in Oak Ridge early Friday … [Read More...]
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VITA Tax Center opens Feb. 9
The Oak Ridge Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) is now in its fourth decade of helping community residents to complete and file tax returns. The 2021 VITA Tax Center will open on Tuesday, February 9, and it is again located at the United Way of Anderson County at 728 Emory Valley Road. … [Read More...]
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Roane State temporarily closes Coffey-McNally Building
The Roane State Community College campus in Oak Ridge is pictured above. (Photo by Roane State) Roane State Community College has temporarily closed the Coffey-McNally Building because of a recent increase in self-reported COVID-19 cases on the Oak Ridge Branch Campus. The closure of the … [Read More...]
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TVA will blast rock to build substation
The Tennessee Valley Authority is building a substation off Old Edgemoor Lane at Haw Ridge Park, near Edgemoor Road in east Oak Ridge. The construction work is pictured above on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) The Tennessee Valley Authority and its work crews will … [Read More...]
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Council to consider accepting airport grants
This is an aerial image of a layout plan for the proposed Oak Ridge Airport at the Heritage Center in west Oak Ridge. (Image courtesy Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority) The Oak Ridge City Council will consider accepting grants for the proposed Oak Ridge Airport on Tuesday. The airport … [Read More...]
