02/18/11 A little Earth shaking may have woke a few residents up near Ducktown and Copperhill, early this morning. A 2.3 Magnitude Earthquake was felt at 2:14am. No damage has been reported. Earthquakes, while quite small, are more common locally than what many may think. Click for more about activity in the region. Here is the information from the USGS Magnitude 2.3 Date-Time Friday, February 18, 2011 ...
02/14/11 Shearlean Duke, 64, a former Los Angeles Times features writer and features editor of the Orange County edition and Newport Beach resident who later became chairwoman of the journalism department at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., died of brain cancer Feb. 2 at her home in Bellingham.
01/09/11 State Representative Eric Watson (R-Cleveland) announced the results of community meetings that he held the past weekend throughout Bradley, Polk and Meigs counties.
10/12/10 The Fall seasonal colors are peaking and now is the time to book a railroad excursion that will be a memorable family event.
07/02/10 Many cities in the Tennessee Valley will be shooting off fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July. Several of the shows are Friday, while most of the rest take place Saturday.
03/30/10 One of the really good things for Todd Rollins is that he coaches baseball rather than basketball for Copper Basin High School.
03/30/10 The emergency contractor working to stabilize and repair damage from the November 10, 2009 rockslide on U.S. 64 in Polk County continues to work toward a completion date of April 16.
03/30/10 The emergency contractor working to stabilize and repair damage from the November 10, 2009 rockslide on U.S. 64 in Polk County continues to work toward a completion date of April 16, 2010. Late last week, crews broke up and hauled off the majority of the remaining slide debris along the river bank and boat ramp below the main slide.
01/08/10 Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced Friday that work to clear debris from a massive rockslide along U.S. 64 in Polk County will be completed by March 31. The rockslide, which occurred on Nov. 10, buried a portion of U.S. 64 in Polk County under thousands of tons of debris.
01/04/10 Construction crews with Blalock and Sons resumed breaking up large boulders at the base of the slide using a hoe-ram after having hauled approximately 160 truck loads (more than 3500 tons) of debris off of the Polk County rockslide site on Saturday and Sunday.
01/04/10 Contractors say they mostly are finished removing loose rock from the western portion of Little Frog Mountain, where a rock slide closed U.S. Highway 64 on Nov. 10.
12/11/09 Today, crews continued with trim blasting by setting off a series of trim blasts on the western side of the slide area to remove an unstable plane of rock on the slope face at the rockslide at the Ocoee Gorge.
12/09/09 Crews with contractor Charles Blalock & Sons continued drilling the unstable rock face on the west side of the main slide area as they prepare for a series of trim blasts that will begin Thursday morning.
12/07/09 Crews with contractor Charles Blalock & Sons Construction today continued drilling on the western side of the rockslide in the Ocoee Gorge in preparation for a series of trim blasts scheduled for Thursday, weather permitting.
11/19/09 CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The U.S. Highway 64 rock slide is both a Christmas Grinch and a Santa.
11/18/09 Hundreds of Polk County motorists have seen their work-day commutes double in the wake of last week's rock slide that closed U.S. Highway 64.
11/13/09 Again we have another rock slide on Highway 64 which runs through the Ocoee Gorge. They claim it will take at least three weeks before the road is again open for traffic. Ambulances and emergency vehicles will have to go the long way around via Tellico Plains again.
10/16/09 The Tennessee Environmental Education Association presented its 2009 Distinguished Service Award to George Bartnik, the Tennessee Aquarium's education programs manager.
08/25/09 Winner will be notified by September 28, 2009. Only One Entry Per Household. Must be at least 18 years old to enter. Open to U.S. residents only.
08/11/09 The William S. Hart Union High School District has scheduled a second series of public information meetings to cover proposed school boundary adjustments slated to take effect in August 2010. Adjustments are necessary to ease overcrowding in some area schools, while making better use of schools with declining enrollment. | 
