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Garden Club plans Dig Day
B The Hamblen County Garden Club will host its first project of the year Thursday at Rose Center by redoing its herb garden. The club is calling it its first…
Gas prices continue to rise
F Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 7.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.38/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,821 stations in Tennessee. Prices in…
Around the State
I-40 paving underway in Jefferson County Motorists traveling on I-40 in Jefferson County should be aware of road construction activities that will have an effect on traffic. The work began…
TDOE Promotes 2023 Spring TCAP to Support Students & Families
F This month, the Tennessee Department of Education is promoting the annual Tennessee Comprehensive Assessments Program (TCAP), which is being administered to students in grades 3-8 from April 17 –…
Soaky officials announce season opening
F Soaky Mountain Waterpark officials today announced its 50-acre waterpark, located at 175 Gists Creek Road, will officially open for the 2023 season on May 13 and 14, and then…
While some students skip college, trade programs are booming
NASHVILLE (AP) — It’s almost 4 p.m. at the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, and the students in the auto collision repair night class are just…
Today in History: Apollo 13
A Apollo 13 astronauts Fred W. Haise, James A. Lovell and John L. Swigert, left to right, leave a helicopter to step aboard carrier Iwo Jima in the Pacific ocean…
Cherokee Lake Levels
Midnight Elevation 1058.18 Cherokee was built to generate hydroelectric power during the World War II emergency, but it also plays an important role as one of the chains of TVA-managed…
Daily Weather Forecast
Hi 72 Lo 43 Day: Periods of sunshine with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; breezy this afternoon Night: Mostly cloudy overnight
Douglas Lake Levels
Midnight Elevation 982.90 Work on Douglas Dam began in February 1942 and was completed on a crash schedule in just 12 months and 17 days—a world record for projects of…

