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Tennessee wants to host new U.S. Space Academy in Coffee County
Tennessee is hoping to be the future home of a planned United States Space Academy campus established by President Donald Trump.
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1 dead, 4 injured after truck crashes into Grundy County auction
One person is dead and three were injured in Grundy County Saturday after a truck lost control and crashed into a crowd at an outdoor auction, according to Grundy County Sheriff Virgil McNeece.
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TVA expects historic permit to build small modular reactor within weeks
The Tennessee Valley Authority is poised to receive the nation's first construction permit for a certain class of small modular nuclear reactors by the end of September.
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Flock cameras divide Tennessee governments, residents over privacy as some end contracts
Sullivan County, Tennessee, Commissioner Joe Carr made headlines in August when he proclaimed at a public meeting that the CEO of security company Flock Safety "should be hanged" for treason, calling the company "one of the most hated" in America.
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Tennessee issues nation’s first license for commercial nuclear fusion
The state of Tennessee issued what officials called the first license to a commercial nuclear fusion project in the U.S. under a new regulatory framework to speed up development of the technology.
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Lane closures halted, DUI and boating enforcement increased for Labor Day weekend
AAA warns to be ready for road trips and breakdowns
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Tennessee to increase TCAP testing time in 2027 due to new, unscored writing test
The amount of time Tennessee students spend taking state standardized tests next spring will increase significantly due to an additional writing test that won't actually be scored.
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Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
Luther "Sunny" Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard. He can't prove it, but he worries that his thyroid and bladder problems, and his wife's kidney disease, can be traced to the plant.
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Calhoun, Dunlap get $1M chunk of almost $20M in park project funding
The Southeast Tennessee cities of Dunlap and Calhoun each got a chunk of almost $20 million in funding from the state's Local Parks and Recreation Fund and Recreational Trails Program grants.
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Planning begins for $54M-plus Wilcox Boulevard bridge replacement
The city of Chattanooga is planning with the state, Norfolk Southern Railway and Hamilton County to replace the 72-year-old Wilcox Boulevard bridge from Amnicola Highway over Norfolk Southern's DeButts Yard to the Avondale neighborhood in East Chattanooga.
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East Tennessee man to appeal long federal sentence for ‘nihilistic violent extremist’
A 27-year-old East Tennessee man sentenced to 77 years in federal prison will appeal the judgment, according to a notice filed in his online docket Thursday.
