Polk County News

Over the past 170 years, our county has built a rich history and tradition with deep-rooted values, even hosting the whitewater slalom events in the 1996 Olympic Games.

Tuesday's inspection also allowed the contractors and TDOT personnel to better assess the condition of the slope and identify the areas where the 40-foot-long rock bolts will be drilled and cemented through the slide plane in order to help further stabilize the slope.

Work continues on last week's rockslide on Highway 64 in Polk County. Dennis Hutcheson provides these unique aerial images of the scene of the slide.

Three Sevier County schools will be retrofitted with new heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, thanks to a state grant that supports energy efficient projects.

Dramatic video of a major rock slide in Polk County, Tennessee that will leave Highway 64 closed for a week.

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on November 10, 2009 - 5:35pm. Caught on Tape Environment Another major rock slide, the second one today, has closed highway 64 in Polk county for at least a week.

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on November 12, 2009 - 5:24pm. Environment Government & Politics It's been on the drawing board for more than 40 years, but a by-pass of the Ocoee Gorge is still years away.

Submitted by Nordia Epps on November 11, 2009 - 7:41pm. That massive rockslide in Polk county has caught the attention of the country.

A second rock slide has closed U.S. 64 in East Tennessee in both directions, and a state transportation spokeswoman says it could be three weeks before the scenic highway along the Ocoee River reopens.

A rock slide in East Tennessee has closed US Highway 64 in both directions and traffic is being rerouted.

Sentencing is set to begin in federal court Thursday for 65-year-old Jimmy Goddard.

If it weren't for a couple dozen tireless people who volunteered their time no one would have ever found the remains of a woman who disappeared 53 years ago.

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on October 16, 2009 - 7:31pm. Polk County News A A A A The State of Tennessee officially recognizes the efforts of a dozen people who were part of the nation's oldest missing persons case that was solved.

An exhibit of color photography by Jim Caldwell is now on display at the L&N Depot Museum in Etowah.

An endangered child alert has been issued in Tennessee for a missing 14-year-old Polk County, Ga.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has opened its floodgates to spill water through seven of its 29 dams because of heavy rains across its seven-state region.

Two fatal wrecks occurred in Polk County Monday, one of them involving teenagers.

The McMinn County Sheriff's Department and other area law enforcement officers are looking for a man who led officers from two counties on a high-speed chase that ended with a wreck with injuries Friday night.

Polk County deputies are searching for a man who they say cut off an electronic ankle monitor and may be on the run with his 73-year-old father.

There are, in Southeast Tennessee, numerous Creeks and every river that bears a name that has been brought down to the present through hundreds and possibly thousands of years from the Native Americans who once lived here.