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Tennessee: Kingston residents seek truth about spill

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

At two public meetings Tuesday here and in Harriman, residents of East Tennessee bombarded TVA and local officials with angry questions about the health, environmental and economic impacts of the Dec. 22 coal fly ash spill from the Kingston Fossil Plant landfill dam breach.

Chattanooga: Stories that shaped a decade

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

The Times Free Press was born at the start of a 10-year span brimming with news. A new century dawned, terrorism changed the national mood, and wars and economic turmoil rocked the nation and the region.

Sen. Corker to get up-close view of TVA spill

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is visiting the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant this afternoon to get a firsthand look at its ash spill.

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.

Farmers worried TVA doesn’t understand their concerns

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009

Sandy Gupton said she heard a noise on the night of the landfill breach near the Kingston Fossil Plant and felt the house vibrate slightly.

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: 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: Quakes stir interest of researchers

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009

In the same week that the Appalachians — the second most active seismic zone in the eastern United States — registered four tiny earthquakes, officials with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they hope to fund a small research project to learn more about the little-known quake zone.

Tennessee: Governor says state will toughen oversight on TVA facilities

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen put TVA on notice Wednesday that in the wake of its massive fly ash spill here state officials no longer will allow the agency to inspect itself.

Tennessee Valley Authority vows to clean up spill,

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

KINGSTON, Tenn. — A week after the worst spill ever from a coal ash pond, TVA President Tom Kilgore pledged Sunday to clean up hundreds of acres of sludge-damaged property, help compensate dislocated residents and come up with a new design to remove the residue from burning coal at the Kingston Fossil Plant.