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New Oak Ridge Schools website goes live next weekend—you can preview it now

Posted at 11:55 am August 8, 2016
By Holly Cross Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Schools will have a new website starting next weekend, and you can preview the site now.

The new website is a district-wide website, meaning the individual schools’ websites won’t change for now.

The new district website is being created by local designers from Girl on the Roof, a press release said.

“We anticipate the updated user experience will be much more inviting for families to engage with our daily communication tools, including calendars, blog posts, and social media feeds,” the press release said.

You can preview the new website here: http://orschools.wpengine.com/. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: district website, Girl on the Roof, Oak Ridge Schools, website

Explore Oak Ridge campaign includes new website, logo

Posted at 10:52 pm August 23, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Marc DeRose

Marc DeRose, executive director of the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

A new Explore Oak Ridge campaign markets Oak Ridge to visitors, and it includes a new logo and website. The Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau launched the campaign on Thursday, August 20.

“Over the past several months, the CVB and their marketing partner Girl on the Roof Inc. have been doing extensive research into Oak Ridge’s tourism appeal,” a press release said. “What they found didn’t surprise anyone. Oak Ridge has a lot to offer with one big problem: Most people don’t know about it.”

The campaign is designed to help reveal what makes the Secret City such a special place.

“As it turns out, the Secret City is quite good at keeping its secrets,” ORCVB Executive Director Marc DeRose said.  “We found Oak Ridge to have many exciting and interesting attractions for visitors, but people outside of Oak Ridge simply have no idea of just how much there is.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Carol Reeve, Explore Oak Ridge, ExploreOakRidge.com, Girl on the Roof Inc., logo, Marc DeRose, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, ORCVB, Secret City, tourism, website

Tech 20/20 hosting computer programming workshops for students

Posted at 10:24 am October 10, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Tennessee Code Academy has four computer programming workshops scheduled for students ages 12 to 18 this month, with two in Knoxville and two in Oak Ridge.

The first two workshops in Knoxville will be hosted at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center on October 13 and 14.

Tech 20/20 will host two workshops in Oak Ridge on October 16 and 17.

These workshops will focus on web design and the Python programming language, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Nonprofits Tagged With: computer programming, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, programming, programming language, Python, Sammy Lowdermilk, students, Tech 20/20, Web design, website, workshops

Manhattan Project website launches

Posted at 12:03 am June 28, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Atomic Heritage Foundation Manhattan Project Website

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—With prospects for a Manhattan Project National Historical Park this year looking good, the Atomic Heritage Foundation is launching a timely new website for prospective visitors to the Manhattan Project communities at www.atomicheritage.org. The new park is expected to generate 500,000 or more tourists to Oak Ridge; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington, during the next decade. As a preview of coming attractions, visitors can take a virtual tour now and immerse themselves in the Manhattan Project online.

With colorful photographs, an interactive timeline, extensive articles on Manhattan Project history, and oral histories of hundreds of Manhattan Project veterans, the new website will be an excellent resource. One feature is the powerful new interpretive tool called “Ranger in Your Pocket.” Based on a BYOD or “Bring Your Own Device” strategy, this technology-based tool represents a fundamental shift in engaging visitors by empowering them to use their personal smartphones or tablets to create their own tour experience. The first “Ranger in Your Pocket” tour is to the historic B Reactor at Hanford. Additional tours under construction will feature Los Alamos and Oak Ridge and draw from AHF’s extensive oral history collection as well as documentary footage and photographs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, East Tennessee Technology Park, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: AHF, atomic bomb, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Atomic Timeline, B Reactor, Cold War, Hanford, history, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, nuclear history, Oak Ridge, oral history, photographs, Ranger in Your Pocket, tourists, veterans, website, World War II

Election Commission experiencing technical difficulties with voting totals on website

Posted at 9:22 pm May 6, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Courthouse

The Anderson County Courthouse on Main Street in Clinton is pictured above.

The Anderson County Election Commission is experiencing technical difficulties with the voting totals that would ordinarily be displaying on its website.

Voting closed at 8 p.m. today in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Some voting totals were initially displaying on the website, although the early voting results were not. However, no results were displaying at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The Election Commission said it is working to resolve the issue and hopes to have results posted soon.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Anderson County, Government Tagged With: Anderson County Election Commission, Democrat, primaries, Republican, voting, voting totals, website

Shelton seeks re-election as register of deeds

Posted at 8:16 pm March 16, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Tim Shelton

Tim Shelton

Anderson County Register of Deeds Tim Shelton recently announced he will seek re-election to the position he has held for 12 years, a press release said.

“The people of Anderson County have placed a great deal of trust in allowing me the opportunity to hold the position of register of deeds, and for that I am truly thankful,” said Shelton, who has served three terms. “With that trust, comes the responsibility of working to make this the best office it can possibly be. In looking back over the past 12 years, I believe we have done just that.”

In a press release, Shelton outlined his accomplishments while serving as register of deeds and stressed the importance of creating an environment that is welcoming to the public. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County register of deeds, County Officials Association of Tennessee, documents, public records, re-election, records, register of deeds, Register of the Year, Tennessee Registers Association, Tim Shelton, website

Oak Ridge Today upgrading server Saturday afternoon

Posted at 12:47 pm January 4, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 7 p.m.

Oak Ridge Today will be moving to a new server on Saturday afternoon, and we will temporarily be unable to update our website.

The migration is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. today. We’ll let you know when it is complete. (Update: The server migration has been completed. Please let us know if you notice any issues.)

The migration should not affect your ability to read Oak Ridge Today. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, Website Tagged With: migration, Oak Ridge Today, server, website

Anderson County Emergency Communications launches new website, EALERTS

Posted at 6:12 pm April 30, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Anderson County Emergency Communications District has launched a new website to provide residents with 911 news and information, a press release said.

The website is online at www.ace911.net. It contains information about the district, how to prevent accidental 911 calls, when to dial 911, and Voice Over IP telephones, and 911. It also includes board meeting schedules and information on how to obtain a new address.

The ECD has also implemented a new emergency notification system called EALERTS. It’s a Web-based mobile alert messaging system designed for both emergency and non-emergency notifications for severe weather events, emergency incidents, and traffic alerts. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 911, Anderson County Emergency Communications District, EALERTS, ECD, website

Oak Ridge Today affected by apparent attack on GoDaddy

Posted at 7:30 pm September 10, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Today was one of many websites knocked offline on Monday by an apparent attack on GoDaddy, the major web host and domain registrar.

During the outage, Oak Ridge Today was unable to add posts or access its administrative functions or e-mail services. However, it seems that some readers were still able to use the website.

We apologize for any confusion this might have created, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: attack, GoDaddy, Oak Ridge Today, website

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