Today's News

The city of Harriman will have a 2011 Memorial Day parade on May 28.

The event will honor all military veterans who have served to protect U.S. It will extend the gratitude to all emergency service workers who have paid the ultimate price while protecting United States citizens.

The parade will begin near Harriman High School on Roane Street, and extend to Harriman Riverfront Park along the banks of the Emory River.

In case of rain, the parade will be postponed until May 29.

The TVA Outreach Center on Kentucky Street in Kingston will close next month.

TVA opened the center in January 2009 to give residents a place to report concerns about the fly ash catastrophe at the Kingston Fossil Plant.

“The outreach center staff has served more than 1,700 families and has received hundreds of inquiries,” TVA said in an e-mail to the Roane County Community Advisory Group.

However, from October 2010 through Monday, TVA said, 17 calls or visits were made to the center. Six of those were unrelated to the disaster cleanup.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I’d take my column in a different direction this week.
Thanks for sharing, Donna.
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Dirt, grit, sweat, heat — and showers in short supply. That was the recipe for lasting romance for one Roane County couple.
It was August 1978 and still in the early days of Roane State Community College and its annual Southwestern field trip.

Unusually cold weather continues to swell customers heating bills this winter.

While it seems February is turning milder, people are just getting the heating costs for January, which continued the December trend of biting cold winds and below-average lows.

“Generally, we saw many bills that came out in January for December usage double the amount for the same period last year or for the month preceding. That was to be expected based on the unusually cold weather in December,” said Harriman Utility Board manager Chuck Flora.