Blackburn demands answers from Biden on baby formula crisis

Tennessee pastors lament that majority of Tennesseans believe lies about the 2020 Election and Insurrection on January 6, 2021

TVA’s Regional Energy Resource Council to hold public meeting

Children’s crisis stabilization unit opens KNOXVILLE -- The McNabb Center and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital are excited to announce the opening of the Children’s Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). _________________________________________________________________________ Jeep rolls across Hwy 441 after striking tree GSMNP -- An accident in the National Park on Friday, May 13th at approximately 8:00 p.m. involved a jeep carrying five people (including the driver) went off the roadway near mile marker 9 on Newfound Gap Road. The vehicle struck a tree causing the vehicle to roll 3 to 4 times. _________________________________________________________________________ First-Ever MTN DEW® Outpost opens June 4 at Doe Mountain in Tennessee PURCHASE, NY, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time for outdoor lovers to lace up their hiking boots and pack the binoculars as MTN DEW announces the opening of the MTN DEW Outpost. _________________________________________________________________________ Renovations begin at AMS headquarters KNOXVILLE -- AMS headquarters located in Knoxville are officially under renovation. When AMS first began operations at this location in 1988, all employees fit in one building. As AMS grew, so did its campus. _________________________________________________________________________ EM transfers unneeded electrical equipment to City of Oak Ridge for reuse OAK RIDGE -- With supply chain issues creating difficulties in obtaining critical infrastructure components, the transfer of various pieces of electrical equipment from EM to the City of Oak Ridge comes at an opportune time. _________________________________________________________________________ National Park launches science communications podcast Smoky Signal GSMNP -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park has launched its podcast Smoky Signal, to share the science behind the Smokies. _________________________________________________________________________ EBCI Tribal Council approves $75 million for The 407: Gateway to Adventure & Puy du Fou partnership CHEROKEE, NC -- The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Tribal Council has approved $75 million for Phase I of ”The 407: Gateway to Adventure” in Sevierville, Tenn, including the development of a spectacular immersive show produced by Puy du Fou. _________________________________________________________________________ City invests $1.6 million to make Amherst Road safer KNOXVILLE -- The Amherst Road Slope Stabilization Project was complicated: The slope banking the roadway and shoulder was deteriorating, and the road was slowly getting skinnier as outer pieces of asphalt crumbled. _________________________________________________________________________ National Park announces public review period for Spur Improvements Environmental Assessment TVA accelerates nation’s decarbonization efforts, fuels a clean energy economy Investigative report puts a spotlight on dangerous conditions at Wilder Youth Center City builds ‘missing link’ sidewalk near school City Council approves funds for youth at risk summer programs City joins state, local partners in Food Waste Awareness Campaign TVA publishes Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Report ________________________________ STATE NEWS State saves Tennessee charities over two million dollars Along with the majority of Tennesseans, pastors oppose dangerous book bans City Of Friendsville awarded $245,000 recreation grant Tennessee will now fund students, not systems Beacon releases 2021 Pork Report The Beacon Center released its "recipe book" themed Tennessee Pork Report, revealing hundreds of millions of dollars in government waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Blackburn, colleagues introduce WWII nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act Blackburn demands answers from Biden on baby formula crisis Fleischmann supports proposed new waste disposal facility on Oak Ridge reservation Don’t let your kids get schooled by big tech Senator Yager passes legislation addressing school staffing challenges __________________________________________ NATIONAL NEWS Number of registered sex offenders drops in 2021 Federal officials seek assistance in investigation of red wolf death A federally protected red wolf was found dead in Tyrrell County, NC in a muddy farm field located south of Newlands Road on April 15. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs your help in the investigation of the red wolf’s death. Meet the 2021 USO service members of the year By Katie Lange, DOD Nearly 2.3 million active-duty and Reserve personnel serve in the U.S. military. While most of those service members are outstanding at what they do, only a few are chosen to be their branch's USO Service Member of the Year. Ukrainian artists fight back By Bill Forman  Additional $100 million in howitzers, tactical vehicles, radars headed to Ukraine

Zoo Knoxville celebrates birth of endangered zebra	Ijams River Rescue removes 21 tons of trash from area waterways	Dogwood Arts features new Dogwood Trail this spring	National Park sets group size limits for Whiteoak Sink
Oak Ridge, Army Corps to offer new perspective on K-25	Beauford Delaney Building to be first residential structure at new stadium	Zoo Knoxville received lots of love in 2021	Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to perform robotic-assisted lung biopsies
$14,000 reward for elk poached in Claiborne County	Tennesseans invited to donate in state parks competition	UT launches Farm-to-Table Beef program	National Park sets visitation record with 14.1 million visits in 2021

• Hawkins County lawyer censured
• Eight arrested in human trafficking operation in Sevier County
• KCDC fully reopens Love Towers after $6.5 million renovation
• Old City redevelopment momentum: $22 million hotel is latest private investment
• Twenty-Two Tennessee localities file suit against opioid producers and pharmacies
• National Park to reopen Parson Branch Road
• ORNL, TVA partner to drive decarbonization, explore carbon-free technologies
• National Park receives $31 million to repair Foothills Parkway West
• TVA unveils $3M in pilot projects to advance valley connectivity, carbon-free future
• KUB’s first female lineworker inspires ahead of International Women’s Day
• City tests noise-monitoring camera downtown
• Tennessee to be electric vehicle charger manufacturing hub
• Kayaker drowns in Oconaluftee River near Smokemont
• Man charged in cold case homicide from 1996
• Thirteen arrested in multi-agency human trafficking operation
• Drug investigation nets 39 indictments, most offenders are from Knoxville
• Undercover drug investigation gets 33 drug dealers off the streets
• FirstBank and Knoxville Habitat For Humanity create first sustaining partnership
• McNabb Center receives $1.1 million to increase children’s mental health crisis services
• Faith leaders called for rejection of proposed racially divisive maps
• Three new playgrounds for Knoxville
• Roane County lawyer suspended
• National Park Service acquires 60 acres of land
• Division of Forestry seeks partners to prevent tree pest damage
• Knox County lawyer censured immediately after reinstatement
• TVA approves Asian carp fish barriers at seven dams
• Stream bank stabilization project set to begin in January
• Omicron variant detected in Knox County
• $2 million dollar Streetscape Road Project
• Cades Cove, Laurel Falls Trail pilot project outcomes
• City announces $35 million in strategic investments, community assistance
• Hillcrest Healthcare’s Beverly Park Place earns spot on Newsweek’s Best Nursing Homes 2022
• Knox County District Attorney General launches podcast series, Generally Speaking
• KCDC earns $900,000 grant to support continued Austin Homes redevelopment
• $7.5 million federal grant to bring supportive housing for seniors to Austin Homes site
• Four men arrested, charged in human trafficking operation
• TBI launches new Tennessee Sex Offender Registry
• Populus expands mobility management solution to City of Knoxville
• Tennessee to leverage state lands for tourism in rural, distressed counties
• Memphis regional megasite lands $5.6 billion investment from Ford Motor Company
• City's investment in Austin Homes revitalization reaches $12.5 million
• New sidewalks to be built in Lonsdale
• Council approves City funds to serve at-risk youth
• $2 million committed to Burlington streetscape project
• Smokies nonprofit documents life in understudied area of National Park
• Anti-human trafficking partnership launched by Gov. Bill Lee
• Knoxville earns Tree Cities of the World recognition
• Former officer charged, accused of assaulting juvenile
• AG Crime Unit steps up citations for off-road users in areas of state forests
• Operation Volunteer Strong recovers 150 missing children in Tennessee
• New East Knoxville greenway to connect parks, botanical garden
• City investing $1.6 million to build sidewalks along Old Broadway
• City’s online chatbot available in Spanish
• Service proposes listing for the rare sickle darter fish

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