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Tennessee: TVA guard falsified records, report says

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

A security guard at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant failed to conduct a required inventory of guns used by security personnel and then falsified records to try to cover up the error, according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission records released Tuesday.

Tennessee: Ash spill a 'wake-up call'

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

The collapse of a fly ash mound at one of TVA’s biggest power plants underscores the need for better regulatory oversight of coal residues, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Monday.

Corker says ash spill should be 'wake-up call' for state and federal agencies

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said today the ash pond spill here “should be a wake up call for state and federal agencies” that oversee the way fly ash is disposed of at coal plants.

Tennessee: Frist out; GOP eyes 2010 race

Wamp, Haslam to announce plans for governor this week; Gibbons in race.

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not run for Tennessee governor next year, but three other Republican office holders said Sunday that they may enter the race this week and several Democrats could launch campaigns later this year.

Tennessee: Early warnings on ash pond leaks

TVA, state inspections show repairs, suspension of deposits at Kingston ash pond

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

The Tennessee Valley Authority knew for the past decade of leaks at the fly ash retention pond that ruptured in Roane County two weeks ago, TVA and state inspection reports show.

Newspaper marks 10 years since sales, merger

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

Ruth Holmberg said selling her family’s newspaper 10 years ago was one of the most difficult business decisions she ever had to make.

Frist out; Wamp, Haslam plan campaign announcements

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

Two East Tennessee Republicans said today they plan to make announcements this week about running for Tennessee governor in 2010 following the annnouncement this afternoon’s from former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist that he will not be a gubernatorial candidate next year.

Tennessee: Community awaits answers

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Crystell Flinn wasn’t home when a tsunami of fly ash sludge lifted her house from the shore of the Emory River, shoved it across Swan Pond Road Circle and carried it with frightening cracks and pops into a ridge and stand of trees.

Tennessee: Spill cleanup shifts focus away from emissions

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — The smokestacks that tower over the Kingston Fossil Plant showcase the evolution in TVA’s efforts to clean up one of its biggest coal plants.

Tennessee-American tests water following Kingston plant spill

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009

Chattanooga’s water utility and the city’s Public Works Department have expanded their monitoring of the Tennessee River to ensure no toxic materials contaminate the local water supply from fly ash that spilled into a river 115 miles upstream.