Crab Orchard News

The Cumberland County Finance Committee approved a bid for the purchase of two new ambulances for county EMS during last Friday's monthly meeting.

Sunday, June 14, was Flag Day nationwide. At our house everyday is flag day. One of the first things we did when we moved into our home was install a tall flag post and a ground light illuminating it so the flag could fly free at all hours.

In a sardine-like packed courtroom, Cumberland County commissioners approved a proposed project that could bring fly ash into the county to reclaim a mine on Smith Mountain as well as at least $5 million in revenue into the county's general fund and highway department budget over the next three years.

June 1903 J.A. DeRossett of Crab Orchard is worse again at this time. He has been chilling again.

The Cumberland County Board of Education approved a request to increase advertising a student-built home currently for sale.

A plan to dispose of the spilled ash from the Kingston Fossil Plant is creating heated debate in Cumberland County.

Highlights from a controversial and at times emotional public hearing Tuesday evening included a fish fry prior to the event and a senior citizen being physically removed from the podium by a Crossville Police officer after her three-minute time limit ran out.

June 1903 With oil gushing from wells in paying quantities some 40 miles north of us and bright indications of like results 30 miles south of us it would seem Cumberland County is likely to become an oil producing district as well as holding large coal deposits.

Cumberland Countians are divided over a companya s proposal to dispose of spilled coal ash in rural Crab Orchard.

Smith Mountain Solutions, LLC has submitted a proposal for a subtitle D landfill "beneficial re-use" project to the Cumberland County Commission.

Cumberland County schools paraprofessionals are nominated annually in April for rehire.

A meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at the Crossville Housing Authority meeting room for all who want to learn more about the Wright Brothers' proposal to build and operate a landfill on Smith Mountain.

The Crossville City Council approved a $50,000 donation to the Art Circle Library Foundation to help fund furniture, books and equipment for what Crossville Mayor J. H. Graham III called "the most important building in the community" and expected to open later this year.

May 1903 The New York Press reports many men have the telegraphing habit as others have the telephoning habit.

Nov. 14, 1919 - May 17, 2009 Van Smith Walker, Col. USAF Ret., 89, of Crossville, passed away May 17, 2009.

Several members of the Smith Mountain community were upset last Thursday after seeing a Cumberland County Highway Department worker performing shoulder repair work on Smith Mountain Rd.

The Crab Orchard Utility District and the city of Crossville want to be good neighbors to each other.

Residents of the Crab Orchard community are concerned about the health and environmental effects of fly ash disposal in their community.

A private contractor plans to file for a permit with Cumberland County and the state of Tennessee in order to reclaim a surface mine on Smith Mountain Rd.

Members of the Cumberland County Commission's Environmental Committee will meet next Wednesday to discuss the idea of allowing fly ash from the Dec.