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Tennessee: Bluegrass fest celebrates local history

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

Bluegrass music will drift into the air tonight at the Dunlap Coke Ovens.

Chattanoogan: Soaring costs hurt water utilities

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

Almost everyone in Northwest Georgia and Southeast Tennessee is paying less for water than Chattanoogans who buy from Tennessee-American Water Co.

Chattanooga: Soaring costs hurt utilities

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

Almost everyone in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia is paying less for water than Chattanoogans who buy from Tennessee-American Water Co.

South Pittsburg studies switch from gas to natural gas for vehicles

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008

Officials here are studying the idea of switching some city vehicles from gasoline power to cheaper compressed natural gas, Mayor Mike Killian said.

Grundy County utility calls for water conservation

Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008

Big Creek Utility District officials have called for voluntary water conservation as summer’s driest month starts to wane.

Tennessee: How firm a foundation

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008

The last time the ground turned in connection with Kimball Baptist Church it was inside the vortex of a tornado.

Water conservation urged in Grundy

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008

Big Creek Utility District officials have called for voluntary water conservation as summer’s driest month starts to wane.

Tennessee: Documentary chronicles coke ovens-bluegrass connection

Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

A documentary video premiering tonight at the Coke Ovens Museum here chronicles the museum’s 23-year transformation from a garbage dump to a site on the National Register of Historic Places.

Marion County hopeful for CB&I decision

Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008

Officials in Marion County are waiting anxiously for word from Chicago Bridge & Iron on its plans for 61 acres along the Tennessee River.

South Pittsburg: Fundraising beats deadline for theater renovation contract

Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

Last-minute donations helped the town’s historic preservation society make up a $65,000 shortfall in securing a $590,000 contract for renovations at the Princess Theatre, officials said.