Bill Lee Note: This story was updated at 9:05 p.m. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Friday granted county mayors in most of Tennessee to require or recommend face masks. The governor's order, Executive Order 54, is meant to allow county mayors … [Read More...]
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ORNL Federal Credit Union requiring face masks in all branches
The Oak Ridge branch of ORNL Federal Credit Union on Rutgers Avenue is pictured above on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) ORNL Federal Credit Union is requiring face masks in all branch offices starting today (Friday, July 3). The credit union announced the policy … [Read More...]
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Public notice: New document available to the Oak Ridge Community
Updated DOE Oak Ridge Reservation Property Boundary Map The U.S. Department of Energy has recently published an updated map of the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) that shows DOE property boundary demarcations for all areas of the ORR, and it is now available to the public. The updated map is a … [Read More...]
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Anderson County has fireworks Saturday night
Fireworks at Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge on July 4, 2017. (File photo by D. Ray Smith) There are fireworks in Anderson County for Independence Day this evening. The fireworks are funded by Anderson County with help from private donations from businesses and residents. Anderson County … [Read More...]
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Updated: State sets another record in new daily COVID cases
There was free drive-through testing for COVID-19 in the Oak Ridge High School parking lot on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Note: Some faces have been blurred in the photo above to protect patient privacy. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) Note: This story was last updated at 10:15 … [Read More...]
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COVID-19 emergency delays start of football, girls soccer seasons
Blankenship Field—the city's football field—is pictured above in August 2019. (File photo by James Mitchell via City of Oak Ridge) The extension of the COVID-19 emergency in Tennessee has delayed the start of the high school football and girls soccer seasons. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has … [Read More...]
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COVID-19 cases rise by 1,800, another new high
A summary of COVID-19 cases in Tennessee through Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Image courtesy Tennessee Department of Health) Note: This story was last updated at 7:35 p.m. COVID-19 cases in Tennessee rose by about 1,800 on Wednesday, another new high as the case count surges in Tennessee. The … [Read More...]
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Tennessee reports more than 3,000 new COVID cases in three days
A graph showing daily new COVID-19 cases in Tennessee through Monday, June 29, 2020. (Graph by Ken Mayes/Used with permission) Tennessee reported more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past three days—an average of more than 1,000 new cases per day—and the number of cases has passed 100 in … [Read More...]
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Updated: State reports new daily high in COVID cases
This COVID-19 dashboard by the Tennessee Department of Health is through Saturday, June 27, 2020. Note: This story was last updated at 2:30 p.m. June 28. Tennessee reported about 1,400 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a new daily high, and the state passed 40,000 total cases on … [Read More...]
