Nashville Zoo has sent more than 5,000 tadpoles to Puerto Rico as part of an effort to help saved the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad.
Tenn. zoo sends 5,000 endangered toads to Puerto Rico
Categories: Entertainment, Nature, State
Leave a comment
Alexander names David Cleary as chief of staff
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander this afternoon released a statement saying that Ryan Loskarn, the chief of staff who’s under investigation for child pornography, had been taken off the payroll and that David Cleary has been named chief of staff in the senator’s Washington, D.C., office.
Categories: Anderson County, Clinton, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Roane County, State
Leave a comment
Alexander’s chief of staff under investigation for child porn
Ryan Loskarn, who was appointed Sen. Lamar Alexander’s chief of staff two years ago, is under investigation involving child pornagraphy. Alexander issued a statement this morning, saying Loskarn was on leave without pay.
Categories: Anderson County, Clinton, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Roane County, State
Leave a comment
State Fire marshal urges safety when decorating
The state fire marshal’s office is urging Tennesseans to keep safety in mind when decorating for the holidays.
Categories: Anderson County, Clinton, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Roane County, State
Leave a comment
Roane State instructors teach wilderness and disaster medicine course to Ivy League medical students
An Ivy League school called on Roane State Community College this fall to teach medical students how to respond to emergencies in the wilderness.
One student said the Roane State course was the “highlight of medical school.”
Roane State’s Continuing Healthcare and Safety Education Department has offered its wilderness first responder course locally for years. In October, program leader Kirk Harris and instructor Fred Baty taught a two-week wilderness and disaster medicine (WADM) course for 10 fourth-year medical students from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
Categories: Oak Ridge
Leave a comment
AMSE Offers 2014 Homeschool Friday Programs
It’s time for parents to register their students for 2014 Homeschool Friday Programs offered two times a month for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-6 beginning January 10 through May 9 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.
Topics for the interactive programs are the same for each of the specific groups; however, the class time varies as does the cost for the Homeschool Friday Programs. The K-2 classes meet at 10:30 am for one hour with cost of $7 for non-members and $5 for AMSE members. The Grade 3 – 6 classes begin at 12:30 pm and continue for two hours with the cost of $12 for non-members and $9 for AMSE members. For more information and to register for the Homeschool FridayPrograms go to www.amse.org or come by AMSE.
Categories: Oak Ridge
Leave a comment
Harriman mayor says prescription ordinance will not be changed
Harriman Mayor Chris Mason says his town has no plans of changing an ordinance requiring a prescription for pseudoephedrine.
Categories: Roane County, State
Leave a comment
Oliver Springs man killed in head-on crash
Knoxville Police Department said a 50-year-old Oliver Springs man died when he crashed head-on into another vehicle Wednesday afternoon.
Categories: Oliver Springs
Leave a comment
Rockwood Police looking for Nintendo thieves
Police in Rockwood are looking for two suspects accused of stealing 45 Nintendo 3D XL’s from their Walmart. The popular handheld gaming devices sell well during the holidays retailing at $199 each.
Categories: Roane County
Leave a comment
TN Democrat calls Haslam’s Medicaid letter a farce
A letter about Medicaid expansion that Gov. Bill Haslam sent to Washington this week is “simply the latest in a series of farces,” according to a leading Democratic state legislator.
Categories: Anderson County, Clinton, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Roane County, State
Leave a comment
Recent comments