Pikeville News

First Solar employees work to finish the 21-megawatt Blythe solar power plant that it sold to NRG Energy in November--the largest photovoltaic plant in California, which was constructed in only three months.

PIKEVILLE - A small manufacturer in Pikeville became a state star this month when its owner, Lester Burks, switched on one of the largest solar electric systems in the Volunteer State - and the first sun power producer in Bledsoe County.

Law officers in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia outside Hamilton County investigated at least 14 homicides in 2009.

Mike Earnest of Midtown Nursery received only a partial shipment of the Christmas trees he ordered from a North Carolina supplier, then sold out two weeks ago.

Trees harvested for Christmas in 2007 * Tennessee -- 166,542 * Georgia -- 50,607 Retail value of Christmas trees in 2008: Tree type Average price Number purchased Total value Live trees $36.50 28.2 million $1.03 billion Artificial trees $60.63 11.7 million $709 million Christmas tree farmers faced lackluster sales in 2008, but sales of pines and ...

Stacy Dawn Beaty and Thomas Stewart Roberson were married Sept. 9, 2009, in Viceroy Resort in Anguilla, British West Indies.

Don't stay cooped up in the house today. Here are some dining, shopping and film options in the Chattanooga area.

Engineers say last week's rock slide in Polk County is a wake-up call and a sign of things to come, someday.

Cherokee Removal Memorial Park 6800 Blythe Ferry Lane, Birchwood, Tn., 423 334-5850 Don't forget one of Chattanooga's all-time faves-Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights which starts up Nov.

Tennessee Valley Theatre in Spring City will present Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain on Saturday, Nov.

PIKEVILLE, TN Speaking at town hall meeting in Bledsoe County today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill could raise the cost of health insurance for some Tennesseans by as much as 60 percent.

Submitted by WDEF on October 19, 2009 - 1:24pm. Bledsoe County News Comments Below: 1 WASHINGTON - " U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., will hold a lunchtime town hall meeting at the Main Street Diner in Pikeville on Monday, October 26.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is focusing a reforestation effort in the cities.

Pikeville is adding 40 more trees to its new downtown streetscaping to bring back a small-town feel after a highway bypass stripped the city of its quaint coziness.

Rain reduced this year's pumpkin crop, but growers report some big ones still exist.

An early morning collision killed two men and injured another in Sequatchie County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Representative Eric Swafford announced recently that the Southeastern Tennessee Correctional Facility in Bledsoe County will be expanded creating jobs and relieving prison overcrowding in the state.

Local growers are giving high marks to this year's apple crop. "We've had a very good year," said Chris Roberts of Fairmount Orchard on Signal Mountain.

Whether it's Traditional Country, bluegrass or opera, Savannah Roberts loves to sing it all.

Gary Thomas Reed skipped out on his jury during his trial for methamphetamine making so authorities wanted to make sure he didn't miss his sentencing hearing.