Donna Smith

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Donna Smith

Gov. Bill Lee and Stuart C. McWhorter, state economic and community development commissioner, announced April 15 a grant has been awarded to support the establishment of a facility that manufactures centrifuges in Oak Ridge to bolster uranium enrichment in the United States. The grant was awarded to BWXT Enrichment Operations LLC, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies Inc., which announced it had acquired 97 acres of land in the Horizon Center industrial park near Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

1 week ago | oakridger.com | Donna Smith

After a 75-minute discussion Monday night, Oak Ridge City Council approved a motion to rezone approximately 375 acres - being used by a company that recycles the blades of decommissioned wind turbines - for industrial use, but with a 600-foot buffer zoned residential open space. No one expects the land in that buffer zone to ever be used for residences because of several factors.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Donna Smith

The Oak Ridge City Council will conduct its first hearing and take its first vote Monday night to rezone approximately 375 acres on the west end of the city in Roane County to accomodate a company that recycles wind turbine blades. The Clinch River separates the property from the largest residential housing development in the city, The Preserve.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Carolyn Krause |Donna Smith

For almost five years, Kelli Thompson, a retired lawyer, nature photographer and member of the city of Oak Ridge’s Environmental Quality Advisory Board, has lived in The Preserve, a 1,400-acre, master-planned community and the fastest-growing housing development in Oak Ridge. Until recently, she has enjoyed her location, partly because she is not far from a wetland with two ponds. It is home to native flowers and wildlife that are subjects of some of the most beautiful photographs she has taken.

2 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Donna Smith

OK, first it's a Monday. And you didn't sleep well. And did I mention it's a Monday. And then you see a giant wiener ... One of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles was seen shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, April 7, at the Weigel's in Rocky Top, formerly called Lake City, in Anderson County. It appeared to have been filling up its tank. The famous Wienermobiles - there are six - travel throughout the United States. It appeared at the Kroger in Oak Ridge on Jan. 22. Need a break?