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East Tennessee Zinc Company halts mining, cites slow zinc market
The East Tennessee Zinc Company will stop mining zinc at its four East Tennessee mines on February 3, 2009, and the company says it will instead convert the mines' operations to "care and maintenance status," ...
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House GOP elects Mumpower majority leader
House Republicans made Jason Mumpower majority leader on Monday, positioning the Bristol lawmaker to eventually take over the speakership from the long-time Democratic speaker, Jimmy Naifeh.
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Roof replaced at historic home
Efforts to restore the Longstreet Billet took a dramatic step forward this week when workers replaced the roof on the antebellum home.
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Governor Phil Bredesen asks colleges to make cuts and submit budget plans next month
The college where you or your children go to school may not be spared, as the governor calls for huge cuts to deal with a state budget shortfall that some say could reach a billion dollars next year.
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Fight continues to preserve Civil War sites
Cleve Smith, a Jefferson County writer and historian, points out the vanishing traces of the Battle of Mossy Creek, where Union and Confederate forces clashed in 1863 near what's now Jefferson City.
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Confederate lost hand while guarding bridge |
A view of the Strawberry Plains bridge taken after Confederate Gen. James Longstreeta s withdrawal from Knoxville on Dec.
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McClarty Is Finalist For Court Of Appeals
Finalists are: Sharon Dawn Coppock Attorney Strawberry Plains John Westley McClarty Attorney Chattanooga Sarah Y. Sheppeard Attorney, Sheppeard, Swanson & Mynatt, PLC Knoxville Attorney McClarty earlier was a ...
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Restaurant Review Arbys Knoxville TN Strawberry Plains Pk Location
Arby's is a chain fast-food burger restaurant. Stores may be either franchises or corporate owned.
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Strawberry Plains United Methodist Church Barbecue Now in 44th Year
On Saturday, October 11 the grills fired up and the church members gathered. It was time for the 44th Annual Chicken Barbecue of Strawberry Plains United Methodist Church.
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Region Briefs: Oct. 29
The body of the 5-year-old animal named Blizz was found in a pasture last Thursday morning on Big Bend Road in Strawberry Plains and "necropsy results show a bullet wound above her eye that shattered her ...
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Human Society offers reward for info about dead horse
The Humane Society is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information on a horse that was shot and killed in Jefferson County.
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NonProfit Director Gayle Crabtree to Speak at Jacksboro United Methodist Church
Gayle Crabtree, founder and executive director of Hope for Healing.Org will be speaking at 10:55 am Sunday morning at Jacksboro United Methodist Church.
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Profiles in Gerrymandering City Beat: When Sequoyah Hills voters work ...
How did the 17th District get so convoluted that it stretches from Sequoyah Hills through South Knox and into Jefferson County? When Sequoyah Hills voters work their way down the ballot to the line marked 17th ...
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AARP Driver Refresher Course
Millions of motorists around the country have taken the AARP Driver Safety Course since its inception in 1979.
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Strawberry Plains Charity Hosts Christmas Holiday Craft Show
Strawberry Plains is a community divided among three counties. Services are provided to residents of Knox, Jeffers and Sevier.
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9 apply for vacancy on appeals court
Nine people have applied to fill a vacancy in the eastern section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
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Strawberry Plains School Holds Fall Festival Fundraiser
Jefferson County, Tennessee Packed crowds jammed into Rush Strong School for the annual fall festival on Friday night, October 10.
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Blog Action Day on Poverty October 15
Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty is a worldwide effort to speak out against poverty.
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Lauren Chesney Garners Southern League's Woman of Excellence Award
' The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs is pleased to announce that Tennessee Smokies Director of Community Relations Lauren Chesney has been named the Woman of Excellence, as voted upon by the ...
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Strawberry Plains man killed in crash on Asheville Hwy.
A Strawberry Plains man died Tuesday when he wrecked his pickup truck on Asheville Highway.
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