Fri
Jan 22 2021
08:10 am
The Tennessee River, a 652-mile tributary of the Ohio River, is notoriously polluted. In 2019, researchers said the river was more like a river of plastic, according to CNN affiliate WVLT, possibly with more broken down bits of plastic than any other river in the world.
Volunteers remove more than 9,000 lbs of trash from Tennessee River
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- Work continues to make Alum Cave Trail safer, creating stable bridges and adding handrails (WBIR)
- Brother and sister charged in string of "Bluetooth Bandit" bank robberies across East TN and NC (WBIR)
- Cumberland Co. man wanted for 1st-degree murder, added to TBI's Most Wanted list (WBIR)
- City leaders vote to terminate contract with Jellico Medical Center (WATE)
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- Global IT firm to bring 300 jobs to Knoxville (WBIR)
- IT company's $27M investment to create 300-plus jobs at new Knoxville location (WATE)
- UT spring commencement to be held at Neyland Stadium (WATE)
- University of Tennessee to hold its Spring 2021 Commencement at Neyland Stadium in May (WBIR)
News Sentinel
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- University of Tennessee, Knox County Schools and Knox County COVID-19 case counts (KNS News)
- Knoxville's only Black mayor was forced out of his home by urban removal. He still wonders why (KNS News)
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- Tennessee Senate GOP won't say if they'll try to cut funding if teams kneel during national anthem (KNS News)
- Knox County's pandemic benchmarks mostly stable or improving for first time in months (KNS News)
- Tennessee homeowners deserve protection from eminent domain, not eviction | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Why expanding Medicare is a worthy, cost-saving idea | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
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- Knoxville Biz Ticker: Demolition of former Radioisotope Development Lab underway at Oak Ridge (KNS Business)
State News
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- Children vaccinated, doses stolen, FBI involved in Shelby County Health Department's vaccine distribution turmoil (Commercial Appeal)
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- Shelby County's poor record-keeping, lack of urgency about wasted doses shown in documents (Commercial Appeal)
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Local .GOV
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- TPO Report: Significantly Fewer Traffic Crashes on Cumberland Avenue Since Streetscape Improvements (Knoxville)
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Wire Reports
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