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Election is Thursday

Posted at 9:12 pm July 31, 2024
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Anderson County general election and state and federal primary elections are Thursday.

Competitive races include the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate, Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives in District 33 in Anderson County, an Anderson County Commission seat in District 6 in Oak Ridge, and seats on the Anderson County School Board.

Voters can cast ballots in the county general election and either the Democratic or Republican state and federal primary election.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2024 Election, Anderson County, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, State Tagged With: Aaron Wells, Anderson County, Anne Backus, Ebony Capshaw, election, federal primary, Gloria Johnson, John Ragan, Marquita Bradshaw, Marsha Blackburn, Rick Scarbrough

CNC Bootcamp returns to Oak Ridge High School this spring

Posted at 12:19 pm February 5, 2023
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Roane State and Oak Ridge High School educators joined specialized instructors over fall break for a CNC Bootcamp at the high school. The session welcomed the youngest-ever ACE training participant, Oak Ridge student Harry Shanafield, who was 13 when the camp took place. (Photo courtesy RSCC)

A popular bootcamp is returning to Oak Ridge High School this spring thanks to a recent partnership between Roane State Community College and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI).

Roane State announced its workforce training partnership with IACMI last year, making the college just the third location in the State of Tennessee to offer specialized no-cost machine tool training opportunities through America’s Cutting Edge (ACE), a press release said.

ACE is a joint Department of Defense and Department of Energy effort launched in 2020 to re-establish American leadership in the machine tool industry through transformative thinking, technology innovation, and workforce development, the press release said.

Roane State and Oak Ridge High School educators joined specialized instructors during fall break for a CNC Bootcamp at the high school. The session welcomed the youngest-ever ACE training participant, Oak Ridge student Harry Shanafield, who was 13 when the camp took place.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, College, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: ACE, America's Cutting Edge, CNC bootcamp, Eric Ellis, Harry Shanafield, IACMI, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, machine tool, Marsha Blackburn, Oak Ridge High School, Roane State Community College, Teresa Duncan

ORNL to receive $497 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding 

Posted at 3:50 pm November 12, 2022
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive $497 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for projects that include nuclear fusion and neutron research, supercomputing, materials science, and radioisotope production. More than half of the money, 52% of it, will be used for U.S. contributions to an international nuclear fusion project.

ORNL’s $497 million is about one-third of the $1.55 billion provided to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science by the Democrat-led Congress under the IRA. President Joe Biden signed the IRA, which included a range of provisions and passed along party lines, into law in August. It provides money for more than 52 DOE projects already in the works.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Premium Content, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Chuck Fleischmann, DOE, Inflation Reduction Act, ITER, Jennifer Granholm, Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay, LEGEND, Marsha Blackburn, Materials Plasma eXposure Experiment, materials science, MPEX, neutron research, nuclear fusion, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, Radioisotope Processing Facility, radioisotope production, Second Target Station, Spallation Neutron Source, Stable Isotope Production and Research Center, supercomputing, Thomas Zacharia, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. ITER

Registration for Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit extended through today

Posted at 9:07 am May 18, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Registration for the Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit in Oak Ridge this month has been extended through today (Friday, May 18).

The TVC Summit is scheduled from Tuesday, May 29, to Thursday, May 31, at the New Hope Center at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

Organizers said the Summit will include five main sessions focused on clean energy, cyber and national security, advanced manufacturing, and education. The Summit will also celebrate the 75th anniversary of the City of Oak Ridge, the 85th anniversary of Tennessee Valley Authority, and 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 Mission.

There will be more than 50 speakers, panelists, and presenters, ranging from university and community college presidents to entrepreneurs to top leaders of the region’s federal contractors. More than 400 community, academic, and government leaders from the five-state region are expected to participate, organizers said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: advanced manufacturing, Andy Page, Anil Karmel, Auburn University, C2 Labs, Chuck Fleischmann, City of Oak Ridge, clean energy, Consolidated Nuclear Security, cyber and national security, education, Lamar Alexander, Maria Korsnick, Marsha Blackburn, Morgan Smith, NASA, New Hope Center, Nuclear Energy Institute, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Phil Roe, Ronald L. Burgess, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit, Thomas Zacharia, TVC Summit, Warren Gooch, Y-12 National Security Complex

Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit has presentations on energy, manufacturing, security

Posted at 5:46 pm March 18, 2018
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The Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit in Oak Ridge in May will feature presentations on advanced manufacturing, clean energy and a nuclear renaissance, and national security and cyber security.

The 2018 TVC National Summit is scheduled from May 29-31 at the New Hope Center at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. It will be hosted by Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch in cooperation with U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann.

Agenda topics include: [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: advanced manufacturing, Auburn University, Chuck Fleischmann, clean energy, Consolidated Nuclear Security, cyber security, Eastman, Lamar Alexander, Marsha Blackburn, Morgan Smith, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, national security, New Hope Center, Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear renaissance, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane State Community College, Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee Valley Corridor, Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, Thomas Zacharia, Todd May, U.S. Department of Energy, UCOR, Volkswagen Group of America, Warren Gooch, Y-12 National Security Complex

U.S. Senate candidate Mackler will be in Oak Ridge on Thursday

Posted at 11:50 pm October 18, 2017
By Maureen Hoyt 1 Comment

James Mackler

James Mackler

 

James Mackler, the first Tennessee Democrat to launch a 2018 U.S. Senate campaign, will be in Oak Ridge on Thursday.

Mackler, a Nashville attorney and Iraq War veteran, will be the keynote speaker at the Anderson County Democratic Party general meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, a press release said.

U.S. Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, is not seeking re-election in 2018. U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn, also a Tennessee Republican, has announced she will run for Corker’s seat.

A press release said Mackler left his job six months ago as a prosecutor and defense attorney to run for Corker’s seat. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2018 Election, Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: 2018 U.S. Senate campaign, Anderson County Democratic Party, Bob Corker, James Mackler, Marsha Blackburn, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, Tennessee Democrat, U.S. Senate

TVC Summit to focus on entrepreneurism in five-state region

Posted at 9:40 am May 23, 2016
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Howard Baker at Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit in 1995

Former Tennessee Senator Howard Baker addresses the first Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit held in Oak Ridge in 1995. (Submitted photo)

 

The registration deadline is quickly approaching for the annual Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, which will make its first visit to Cookeville on June 1-2. The Summit, themed “Where Entrepreneurs and Technology Meet,” will be held on the campus of Tennessee Tech University , and it is hosted by TTU President Phil Oldham in cooperation with Tennessee Congressman Diane Black.

Leaders from throughout the region will be at the event to focus attention on the vital role entrepreneurs provide in turning the brain power and technologies from the region’s universities and federal programs into new business start-ups and the expansion of existing businesses.

Main speakers scheduled for the event include: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, College, Education, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Andy Page, Charlie Brock, Chuck Fleischmann, Diane Black, Earl Gohl, entrepreneurism, Joe Hoagland, John Howanitz, Ken Reuter, Lonnie Lawson, Malcolm Portera, Marsha Blackburn, Phil Oldham, Stacey Patterson, Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee Valley Corridor, Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, Todd May, Tom Rogers, TVC, TVC Summit

Tennessee legislators request support for TennCare waiver extension

Posted at 12:40 pm December 28, 2014
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

U.S. Senator Bob Corker

Bob Corker

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nine members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation sent a letter this month to Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, requesting an extension of TennCare’s waiver approval from earlier this year.

Because Tennessee does not receive funding through the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital, or DSH, program that every other state participates in, the lawmakers are requesting continuing funds to support Tennessee hospitals that help tens of thousands of low-income patients receive medical coverage they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford. Just last year, these hospitals provided $950 million in charity care and $720 million in unreimbursed medical services to low-income Tennesseans.

Unlike hospitals in every other state, Tennessee hospitals are unable to offset these expenses with the help of the Medicaid DSH program. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Bob Corker, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, charity care, Chuck Fleischmann, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Department of Health and Human Services, Diane Blac, disproportionate share hospital, DSH, Essential Hospital Access, health care, hospitals, House Ways and Means Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014, Jim Cooper, John Duncan Jr., Lamar Alexander, low-income patients, Marilyn Tavenner, Marsha Blackburn, Medicaid, Medicaid DSH, medical coverage, Phil Roe, Steve Cohen, TennCare, TennCare waiver, Tennessee, unreimbursed medical services

Alexander aide accused in child porn case found dead in apparent suicide

Posted at 4:46 pm January 24, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The former chief of staff for Sen. Lamar Alexander who was arrested in December on child pornography charges was found dead in the basement of his parents’ home in Maryland on Thursday, apparently in a suicide.

Several media outlets, including the New York Times and Washington Post, have reported on the death of Ryan Loskarn, 35, who had been released to live with his parents after his Dec. 11 arrest.

Loskarn had been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: chief of staff, child pornography, Lamar Alexander, Marsha Blackburn, Ryan Loskarn

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