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Oversized load stopped in Hawkins County is expected to roll again Friday night
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (WJHL) — An oversized load that was supposed to arrive at Eastman Chemical Company earlier this week is currently stopped in Hawkins County but is expected to be on the move again soon. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), the oversized load is currently parked along State Route 346, also […]
Hawkins County Rescue Squad responds to water rescue
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Hawkins County Rescue Squad responded to a water rescue on Wednesday, according to a social media post by the rescue squad. The Hawkins County Rescue Squad responded to Old Highway 11W near Pyne Lane in Rogersville after an individual had reportedly already been removed from the water and received CPR […]
Phipps Bend's $350 million BESS project hampered by transformer manufacture delays
A $350 million Battery Electricity Storage System (BESS) proposed at the Phipps Bend Industrial Park may be delayed by a five-year lead time on purchasing large transformers. Hawkins County Industrial Development Board Chairman Larry Elkins told the IDB last week that he’d been notified by Tenaska Inc. of a nationwide problem with large transformer lead time, which is running not months but years. “The lead time on a 500kV transformer...
Surgoinsville to purchase property for maintenance department expansion
The Surgoinsville Board of Mayor and Aldermen informally agreed during Monday’s workshop to move forward with the $135,000 purchase of 113 Hendricks Street to expand the Maintenance Department. The Maintenance Department is looking to use the garage for storage. There’s currently no plan for how to use the house, but the board agreed that it needed to go ahead on the purchase. ...
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