Cumberland Gap Ranger receives prestigious national award

Posted 12.02.2009 in News, slider

CUMBERLAND GAP, Tenn. — Sunlight breaks through the morning fog revealing traces of the misty forest. In the distance birds are singing, as a squirrel bounds from the ground and, in an instant, scrambles up the nearest tree. The scene is set. Through the trees a shadowy figure bounds toward the camera, “Wow! Welcome to [...]

Oak Ridge supercomputer is world’s fastest

Posted 12.01.2009 in News

KNOXVILLE, TN (AP) – The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as Jaguar at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility has become the fastest in the world.
It will be listed as No. 1 on the TOP500 list of supercomputers that will be formally announced Tuesday.
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Southern Nationals stretch run goes through East Tennessee

Posted 07.24.2009 in News, slider

After seven exciting races, the O’Reilly Southern Nationals Series is ready for the final three events on the 10-race mini-series which ends in East Tennessee.
During the first seven events, there have been five different winners including Vic Hill (Wythe Raceway), Jonathan Davenport (Carolina Speedway), Casey Roberts (Hartwell/Swainsboro & Screven Speedways), Tony Knowles (Fort Payne Speedway) [...]

Rarity Mountain sees prices drop

Posted 07.23.2009 in News, slider

When David and Sharon Gordon bought a lot in the Rarity Mountain residential community in 2006, they paid $445,000 for the Jellico, Tenn., property.
But after a recent auction, that same lot changed hands for only $5,500, a massive discount and a striking example of the difficulties facing some of East Tennessee’s high-end residential developments.
The Rarity [...]

National Coal facing foreclosure

Posted 07.21.2009 in News, slider

National Coal of Alabama, a wholly owned subsidiary of Knoxville-based National Coal Corp., is facing foreclosure on its outstanding capital stock after defaulting on a $60 million credit agreement with various lenders, the parent company announced Monday.
None of the creditors, which include TCW Asset Management Co. and other lenders, have a lien or encumbrance on [...]

Ausmus took long way back

Posted 07.21.2009 in News, slider

When folks from back in Tennessee phoned Aaron Ausmus in Los Angeles, they’d wonder why he had a hair-dryer going. Didn’t he still shave his head?
It wasn’t a hair-dryer. It was a 747.
“We lived in a little one-bedroom apartment in El Segundo, right by the (LAX) airport,’’ Ausmus said. “When planes were taking off the [...]

Ky. man arrested for robbing bank in Jellico

Posted 07.15.2009 in News

JELLICO (WATE) — A Kentucky man was arrested Tuesday night, six hours after he’s accused of robbing the First Volunteer Bank in Jellico, Tennessee.
The suspect is Billy Joe Blankenship, 31, of Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Investigators believe Blankenship went in the bank at 189 5th Street around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, showed a semi-automatic pistol, gave a teller a bag and told her to fill it.
He also told the teller not to [...]

Permit for Tenn.’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years to be posted on eBay

Posted 07.15.2009 in News, slider

A permit for Tennessee’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years will be posted on the Internet auction site eBay.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency earlier awarded four permits by drawing.
The fifth and last tag will go to the highest bidder on the auction site. It will be posted from Thursday until July 25.
TWRA says [...]

East TN Racing Info – Blog

Posted 07.12.2009 in News

http://easttennracer.blogspot.com/2009/07/oreilly-southern-nationals-series-heads.html

Roadkill Running Club Scavenger Hunt

Posted 07.12.2009 in News

July 18
Details at http://www.roadkillrunningclub.com/?id=241