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Tennessee Valley Authority cuts contract for nuclear security

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008

The Tennessee Valley Authority soon will replace the private security company that has protected its nuclear plants for the past 11 years and brought nearly 500 security officers to the TVA payroll, according to an employee memo released Monday.

Tennessee Valley Authority cuts contract for nuclear security

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced today that it will end its contract with a private security firm that has provided guards at TVA nuclear plants since 1997.

Tennessee: GOP convention opens somberly

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008

Local delegates to the Republican national convention opened a scaled-back gathering in St. Paul, Minn., Monda y with prayers and fundraising for victims of Hurricane Gustav.

Chattanooga: Manufacturing fortune driven by VW

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

After losing nearly one-fourth of its factory jobs since the year 2000, Chattanooga is poised for a rebound in manufacturing employment over the next decade.

Chattanooga: Immigration in reverse

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008

José Gómez is seeing fewer people in his gym in Dalton, Ga. Not because folks aren’t as interested in staying healthy, he says, but because they’re interested in staying out of jail.

Chattanooga: VW incentives, investment records in state

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008

Volkswagen’s planned $1 billion Chattanooga plant is the biggest single investment ever made in Tennessee by a company and is drawing the state’s largest-ever incentives package, officials said Friday.

Chattanooga: Record incentives package sparks taxing debate

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008

Tennessee will provide an estimated $58,141 in tax breaks and government assistance for each of the jobs that the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is expected to bring to the Volunteer State, according to a new state study.

VW incentives top $577 million

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

State and local governments are offering about $577.4 million in assistance and tax breaks for Volkswagen Group of America over the next 30 years to build its $1 billion auto assembly plant in Chattanooga, officials said today.

Tennessee Valley Authority asks NRC to reinstate permit to build original Bellefonte reactors

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

Two decades after suspending construction at the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced Wednesday it wants federal regulators to reinstate a construction permit for the original twin-reactor plant.

Tennessee Valley Authority asks NRC to revive plant

Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

Two decades after construction was halted here, the Tennessee Valley Authority today asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reinstate the construction permits for its two unfinished nuclear units at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant site.