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Photos: Double rainbow at K-25

Posted at 7:08 pm May 30, 2016
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Double Rainbow at K-25 May 29 2016

This photo of a double rainbow was taken by Oak Ridge resident Shellie Fellers across from the former K-25 plant in west Oak Ridge on Sunday evening, May 29, 2016. (Photo by Shellie Fellers)

 

Oak Ridge resident Shellie Fellers got a picture of a double rainbow across from the former K-25 plant on the west end of town on Sunday evening. The second rainbow is visible as a faint rainbow above the first, brighter rainbow.

Fellers said one end of a rainbow could be seen as it literally came down and met the ground. But, she joked, there were no leprechauns or pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Media, Photos, Photos, Slider Tagged With: double rainbow, K-25 plant, rainbow, Shellie Fellers

Photos: Tennessee Para Cycling Open in Oak Ridge on Saturday

Posted at 10:50 am May 16, 2015
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Tennessee Para Cycling Open in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Saturday, May 16, 2015

Tennessee Para Cycling Open in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Saturday, May 16, 2015 (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

The Tennessee Para Cycling Open is in Oak Ridge this weekend. It’s a racing event featuring competitors who are paraplegics, amputees, or otherwise physically challenged.

Here are photos by Julio Culiat from the Saturday morning races.

The event features different categories of racers competing on conventional or adapted race bikes or hand cycles.

More than half of the competitors are wounded warriors who were injured while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, some of whom race for the Paralyzed Veterans Racing, which is affiliated with Paralyzed Veterans of America, a major sponsor of the event. There are two racers from Cuba and Colombia. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Media, Meetings and Events, Photos, Photos, Recreation, Slider, Sports Tagged With: adapted race bikes, amputees, hand cycles, Horizon Center, Julio Culiat, para cycling, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Paralyzed Veterans Racing, paraplegics, Tennessee Para Cycling Open, veterans

Photos: Snow in Oak Ridge on Thursday

Posted at 2:50 pm February 26, 2015
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Snow on Robertsville Road on Feb. 26, 2015

Snow covers grassy areas alongside Robertsville Road in Oak Ridge on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

Children Sledding in Oak Ridge on Feb. 26, 2015

Children enjoy the snow by sledding on another snow day in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Amanda Page Underwood)

 

Note: These pictures were updated at 1:14 a.m. Feb. 27.

Several inches of snow fell across East Tennessee on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. It was the fifth winter storm in two weeks. Here are snow photos by Julio Culiat, Anna Freeman, Amanda Page Underwood, and Ashlan Yost.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: Amanda Page Underwood, Anna Freeman, Ashlan Yost, East Tennessee, Julio Culiat, Oak Ridge, photos, snow

Photos: Air Force One at McGhee Tyson

Posted at 11:56 pm January 9, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Air Force One at McGhee Tyson Airport

Air Force One is pictured at McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa on Friday. (Photos by Julio Culiat)

 

Air Force One landed at McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa at about noon Friday, carrying President Obama and three Republican legislators from Tennessee: senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and Representative John Duncan. It left at about 5:30 p.m. Air Force Two, carrying Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, followed.

The three visited Pellissippi State Community College in west Knox County and Techmer PM in Clinton to announce education and manufacturing proposals. It was the first visit by any president to Pellissippi State and Clinton, and it was Obama’s first visit to the Knoxville area.

Here are four pictures of Air Force One and President Obama by Julio Culiat. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Air Force One, Air Force Two, Bob Corker, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, John Duncan, Julio Culiat, Lamar Alexander, McGhee Tyson, McGhee Tyson Airport, Pellissippi State Community College, President Obama, presidential visit, Techmer PM

Afraid of heights? This work might not be for you

Posted at 10:38 pm December 31, 2014
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Telecommunications Tower Work

A crew was working high above the ground at the top of a telecommunications tower on Tuskegee Drive, near East Tulsa Road, on Wednesday. A Barnhart crane was also at the site. Here are a few pictures. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Media, Oak Ridge, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: telecommunications tower, Tulsa Road

Photo: Oak Ridge Christmas Parade

Posted at 12:06 pm December 24, 2014
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Oak Ridge Christmas Parade Train

A float at the Oak Ridge Christmas Parade is pictured above. (Photo by D. Ray Smith)

Filed Under: Media, Photos, Photos, Slider Tagged With: Christmas, D. Ray Smith, Oak Ridge Christmas Parade

Photos: Fall leaves in Oak Ridge

Posted at 3:15 pm November 10, 2014
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Fall Leaves at UT Arboretum 2014

Fall leaves at the University of Tennessee Arboretum in Oak Ridge on October 31. (Photos by D. Ray Smith)

 

Here are four pictures of fall leaves in Oak Ridge by D. Ray Smith. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: D. Ray Smith, fall leaves, Oak Ridge, photos

Photos: Remembering fallen heroes of Sept. 11, 2001

Posted at 12:50 pm September 14, 2014
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Sept. 11, 2014 Ceremony with Firefighter at Y-12

Y-12 photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security

 

Area firefighters, police officers, Oak Ridge school students and staff, and others came together on Thursday to remember and honor the fallen heroes of September 11, 2001. There were ceremonies at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge High School.

The firefighters were at Y-12 this week for their annual Fire Officer Conference, held in conjunction with Safety Fest.

The ceremony at Oak Ridge High School included students and staff, and the Oak Ridge police and fire departments. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Media, Photos, Photos, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Fire Officer Conference, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Safety Fest, September 11, Y-12 National Security Complex

Photos: SL Tennessee expansion

Posted at 6:13 pm July 26, 2014
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SL Tennessee Tail Light Hot Weld

SL Tennessee employee Ricky Bean at a hot plate welding station in the assembly area for Cadillac tail lights.

 

CLINTON—Tennessee officials and SL Tennessee executives on Friday announced 1,000 new auto parts manufacturing jobs as part of a $80.5 million expansion in the Clinton I-75 Industrial Park in Clinton. It could be the largest expansion of industrial employment in Anderson County since World War II.

The South Korean company plans to invest $80.5 million to build a 250,000-square-foot plant on Frank L. Diggs Drive in the industrial park. It will be SL Tennessee’s LLC third building in the park, and the company’s fifth expansion since locating in Clinton in 2001. The new building will manufacture automobile head lights and tail lamps for General Motors.

Construction on the new building in Clinton will begin in August, and the new plant could be operating by April 2015.

Here is a collection of photos from Friday’s event. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Clinton, Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: auto parts, auto parts manufacturing, Bill Haslam, Bob Corker, Buick LaCrosse, Chevy Cruz, Chevy Sonic LT, Chris Whalen, Chuck Fleischmann, Clinton I-75 Industrial Park, Frank L. Diggs Drive, industrial employment, Joshua Fox, Ricky Bean, SL Tennessee, Tennessee, Y.K. Woo

Photos: Lavender Festival

Posted at 6:20 pm June 22, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Lavender Festival Overview

The 16th annual Lavender Festival was Saturday in Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge FARM Market is in the foreground, and the festival is in the background. (Photos by Ray Smith)

 

The 16th Annual Lavender Festival was on Saturday in Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. The herb fair included more than 100 vendors, exhibits, and demonstrations featuring products and information related to gardening, cooking, health, aromatherapy, and all things herbal. 

Throughout the square, vendors offered live plants, herbs, art, crafts, herbal products, jewelry, baskets, pottery, wooden utensils, and more. Sample foods made with herbs were available, and there was also grilling with herb demonstrations by local chefs.

The Oak Ridge FARM Market was open across the street from the festival, local musicians were featured throughout the day, and children’s activities were available.

Vendors said they were very busy at the well-attended festival on Saturday morning. An afternoon storm dampened the activities, but many festival-goers continued to shop and enjoy the music. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Media, Oak Ridge, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: art, baskets, crafts, food, herb fair, herb luncheon, herbal products, Jackson Square, jewelry, Lavender Festival, music, Oak Ridge FARM Market, photos, pottery, Ray Smith

Photos: Windrock Coal Miners Memorial

Posted at 3:04 pm May 18, 2014
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Windrock Coal Miners Memorial Wall

The Windrock Coal Miners Memorial Wall wall is 31 feet long and includes the names of more than 1,000 miners.

 

WINDROCK MOUNTAIN—Here are pictures from the dedication ceremony for the Windrock Coal Miners Memorial on Saturday and the groundbreaking ceremony in November.

Windrock Coal Miners Memorial Unveiling

Family members press forward to find, touch, and take pictures of the names of their loved ones on the Windrock Coal Miners Memorial after it was unveiled Saturday.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: C.H. Smith, Carl Lively, Chris Hepler, coal miners, dedication ceremony, Evalena Smith, groundbreaking, Jo Hall Hickman, Joe Lockett, Justin Cox, Kathy Russell Byrge, Luke Barnett, Manuel Tinker, Oliver Springs, Sam Hall, Sandra Hall Gallaher, Wayne Morgan, Windrock, Windrock Coal Miners Memorial, Windrock Mountain

Photos, video: Secret City Wildbots at FIRST Robotics Competition

Posted at 11:11 am April 26, 2014
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Secret City Wildbots Robot

The robot is double-loaded for autonomous mode (first 10 seconds of the match). In autonomous mode, each robot is given one ball. However, if one team on the alliance believes that another team’s robot is a more capable shooter, it can relinquish its ball to the more capable teammate. (Photos by Angi Agle)

 

The Secret City Wildbots were 5-4 in the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship in St. Louis on Friday night, with one qualifying round remaining this morning (Saturday morning). Here are pictures and video sent by Angi Agle from the Aerial Assist competition on Friday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Media, Photos, Photos, Slider, Top Stories, Videos Tagged With: Aerial Assist, Andreas Franco, Angi Agle, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, FRC, Luke Buckner, robot, Secret City Wildbots

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