Alcoa News

By Iva Butler of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: July 02. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: July 01.

U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. says that while the nation is worried about the increasing unemployment rate, he's also concerned with "under employment." Speaking to the Alcoa Rotary Club Wednesday, Duncan said he's meeting more recent college graduates who can't find jobs in their field and are having to take restaurant jobs and other low-paying ...

Drunk driver patrols plan 'full force' The Alcoa Police Department will be out in "full force" during the July 4 holiday period, looking for drunk drivers.

The recession has put the squeeze on time, money, and manpower for many volunteer rescue squads in east Tennessee.

The Rockford City Commission is opposed to Maryville being allowed to pump all treated wastewater directly into Little River near the plant site on Wheeler Road instead of pumping it 2.5 miles to Fort Loudoun Lake.

By Iva Butler of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: June 26. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: June 25.

Last Saturday over 100 flyers were handed out by members of The Remedy, a ministry of Fairview United Methodist Church that meets each Sunday night at The Capitol Theater in downtown Maryville.

Employees of ALCOA Tennessee Operations who lost their jobs because of foreign competition are eligible for training and employment services under the new Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA program, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday.

Now that kids are out of school, many people are enjoying being outside taking the family to the park for some summer fun.

Blount County Highway Department workers were clearing out a tile at 3505 Williams Mill Road at 9:48 a.m. today when they hit a natural gas service line.

Alcoa Planning Commission unanimously approved the site plan for ALDI discount food store Thursday, subject to numerous conditions.

A Maryville man took authorities on a chase that hit 90 miles per hour through Alcoa and Maryville on Tuesday.

In brief: Host families needed, Trike course being offered, Alcoa High class to hold 30-year reunion, TNT offers summer day camps, and more ... Originally published: June 16.

A suspect on the TBI Most Wanted List has been captured in Alcoa. Agents with the TBI and the US Marshals caught Christopher Todd Suttles, 27, in Alcoa Monday morning.

Forty-seven students from Blount County were among the approximately 225 undergraduates completing requirements for a bachelor of arts degree and graduating from Maryville College.

Alcoa Electric Department won a third place nationwide award in its size category for working over four years with only one lost time accident.

Alcoa school board members agreed to spend nearly $200,000 Tuesday to replace the center section of Alcoa Elementary School's roof.

Alcoa City Commission Tuesday night approved a no-growth budget and a controversial rezoning to allow ALDI Inc.

A new Tennessee National Guard unit with a detachment in Alcoa is getting ready for training and deployment to the Persian Gulf.

They did it. Community members, parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and a local mortgage broker have saved the home of a 72-year-old Alcoa widow from foreclosure.