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8 hours ago
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, TVA team up for free tours of Guntersville Lock
GRANT, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Tennessee Valley Authority are teaming up for a free tour of the Guntersville Lock on the Tennessee River. On Saturday, June 21, four groups of 25 people will be able to tour the facility. Time slots for tours are 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required for all tour guests (including minors) and the deadline to register is noon on June 13. Personal information collected during sign-up is used for security background checks. Some tour details and rules, outlined by the hosts: All facilities are ADA accessible. Only visitors with approval and confirmation will be permitted on the tour. No substitutions or additions are allowed. All participants over 16 years of age must provide photo identification upon arrival for the tour. Visitors may not carry packages, backpacks, or other containers during the tour. No high-heel, open heel shoes, including clogs and crocs or bare feet, will be allowed on a tour. Tennis shoes are recommended. All children 16 and under must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or responsible adult during the tour. Any increase in threat conditions can result in approved tours being canceled with little notice. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. An e-mail will be sent to anyone signed up for a tour if for any reason a tour is canceled. 'Guntersville Lock is nine miles downstream of Guntersville, Ala. It is also 75.3 miles downstream from Nickajack Lock and 74.1 miles above Wheeler Lock. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the 110-by 600-foot main lock and 60-by 360-foot auxiliary lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. TVA began constructing the auxiliary lock in December 1935 and put it into operation in 1937. TVA began work on the main lock in March 1963 and put it into operation in 1965. The dam is 94 feet high and stretches 3,979 feet across the Tennessee River. Guntersville Reservoir has almost 890 miles of shoreline and 67,900 acres of water surface. The reservoir has a flood-storage capacity of 162,100 acre-feet.' This tour is FREE to attend, but you must register. You can sign up for a time slot here. As of June 3 at 8:50 a.m., 13 spots are still available for the 8 a.m. tour, 14 spots are available for the 9:30 a.m. tour, three spots are available for the 11 a.m. tour and there is one last spot available in the 12:30 p.m. tour. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Morristown hosts the Tennessee State Disc Golf Championships
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — Disc Golfers from across the country gathered in Morristown on Sunday for the Tennessee State Disc Golf Championships. The annual tournament tees off every year during the first weekend of June. Morristown proudly calls itself the disc golf capital of the state, and this weekend, that title was on full display at Panther Creek State Park. Sunday marks round three, the final day of the Tennessee State Disc Golf Championships. Tennessee Valley Authority leads Douglas Lake 'Community Day of Service' 'Morristown has really built up a very good core of disc golf courses, and the city governments, the chamber of commerce's, the parks departments, they're all heavily involved and really looking to keep making this a big event every year,' explained Tim Barr the Competition Director for the tournament. This year's event featured five different courses and 529 players, ranging from nine years old to over 75 years old.'There's a lot of courses in Tennessee, but you have to have every single piece in place for a big event like this to come together, and it all starts with government, with the parks department, with the chamber of commerce being heavily involved. That makes a big difference,' Barr Robinson, a Disc Golfer in the mixed pro division, traveled from Asheville, North Carolina to compete. He says this tournament is one he never misses.'This park is a bomber course, so if you like to throw far, this offers everything that you need. You're going to be able to shape your shots. You're going to be able to throw it really far, really hard every time. But also just the area in general has so many courses and so much to offer with, I mean, just the restaurants and the disc golf scene across the state,' said sport itself continues to grow, known for being beginner friendly and budget friendly.'I really like the way the discs float through the air and glide. There's a lot of shape manipulation that you can do,' explained Luke Wondergem another Disc Golfer in the mixed pro division. 'One last family supper' Knoxville coffee shop to close Other Park locations throughout Morristown that were utilized during the tournament included Cherokee Park, Frank Lorino Park, Wayne Hansard Park, and Mossy Creek Course at Carson Newman university. First place finishers in all divisions received a trophy. 'Pro division always impresses, men and women, so every year we watch these players come out and it's just like every year they get better, and they throw it farther and they make longer putts. And it's a lot of fun to watch,' said Barr. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Tennessee Valley Authority leads Douglas Lake ‘Community Day of Service'
DANDRDIGE, Tenn. (WATE) —It's been around eight months since Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee. Now, state and federal agencies are wrapping up the Douglas Lake debris cleanup, a massive effort slated to be completed in June. On Saturday, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) led a 'Community Day of Service' on Saturday focused on removing leftover debris that might be tough for property owners to manage. Sheriff's office warns of 'ghost tap' scam targeting East Tennessee From clearing debris to assembling care packages for those still recovering, this isn't just about cleanup. It's about community at the Field of Dreams Activity Center and out on the shorelines of Douglas Lake. The debris had a major impact, shutting down tourism, hurting residents financially and disrupting their daily TVA has helped to reopen the lake after cleaning nearly 390 miles of shoreline, more than 90% complete with the mission. Scott Turnbow, Vice President of Civil Projects for TVA said that if you took all the debris collected so far and put it in a football field it would be about 100 feet deep.'We all talk about this is the best thing we've ever worked on because of the way the community has come together. They supported our endeavors, and ultimately, I think they're all happy because we are friends, and friends don't let friends down,' said have removed everything from tires and lighters to shotgun shells, refrigerators, and propane tanks. Lake cleanup Volunteer Jill Cody, lives on Douglas Lake, and was personally affected by the storm.'We had been out of town and came home to the devastation, and it was just shocking to see all of the children's toys and kitchen items and just things that you wouldn't expect to see normally. We also had a boil water kind of situation and just everything was very eerily quiet. We only heard helicopters, no boats, obviously, for a long time,' explained tackling her own property, she is now helping neighbors who are still picking up the pieces by volunteering.'Dandridge is a really small-town feel, even though it's growing, and I think that's what I love about this community, is everybody's coming together and working together to do good things for the community,' added is TVA's first hurricane relief project in East Tennessee, but the agency has managed to make a lasting impact. Man pleads guilty to murder in 2024 death of 22-year-old Knoxville woman 'This is about bringing the community together and really showing the example of how government, federal, state and local and the community can come together and transform a disaster into really a blessing,' explained Turnbow. Thanks to volunteers, 200 care packages are being brought to those in need. There are a couple of weeks left of lake cleanup, but the project is quickly approaching the finish line. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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7 days ago
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TVA proposes 19-mile transmission line from Clay to Lowndes counties
WEST POINT – The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing a 19-mile transmission line in Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties that it calls its preferred route. The new line would support growth and increase power reliability, the utility said. The route is expected to have the least impact on the area, based on public input from the in-person and virtual open houses and additional evaluation of other factors including social, environmental and engineering impacts, according to TVA. A National Environmental Policy Act review is also pending. The proposed power line will begin at the Clay substation at 2740 TVA Road in West Point and extend south to the Artesia substation at 1280 Mims Road in Columbus. The project would be less than 19 miles and be built using primarily single and double-pole steel structures on existing and new 100-foot-wide right of way. The preferred location for the new line was selected from several options presented at an open house in West Point on Nov. 14, 2024, and online at a virtual open house. TVA will meet with property owners along the proposed right of way to obtain easements for construction, operation, and maintenance of the line. Property owners would still own the property and be compensated for the easements at fair market value. This fall, TVA is expected to begin surveys and start acquiring easements in through winter 2025-2026. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring-summer 2027 and be completed in summer 2027. A map of the project and additional information are available at
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7 days ago
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TVA proposes 19-mile transmission line from Clay to Lowndes counties
WEST POINT – The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing a 19-mile transmission line in Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties that it calls its preferred route. The new line would support growth and increase power reliability, the utility said. The route is expected to have the least impact on the area, based on public input from the in-person and virtual open houses and additional evaluation of other factors including social, environmental and engineering impacts, according to TVA. A National Environmental Policy Act review is also pending. The proposed power line will begin at the Clay substation at 2740 TVA Road in West Point and extend south to the Artesia substation at 1280 Mims Road in Columbus. The project would be less than 19 miles and be built using primarily single and double-pole steel structures on existing and new 100-foot-wide right of way. The preferred location for the new line was selected from several options presented at an open house in West Point on Nov. 14, 2024, and online at a virtual open house. TVA will meet with property owners along the proposed right of way to obtain easements for construction, operation, and maintenance of the line. Property owners would still own the property and be compensated for the easements at fair market value. This fall, TVA is expected to begin surveys and start acquiring easements in through winter 2025-2026. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring-summer 2027 and be completed in summer 2027. A map of the project and additional information are available at
