MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the female suspect in a robbery that occurred early this afternoon at a local business. Shortly before 1 p.m. today, deputies were dispatched to Richie Kreme Donuts on East Broadway to the call of an armed robbery. Witnesses in [...]
Long-term use of osteoporosis drug may cause bone fractures
March 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXrTKqzk2I Around the world, millions of older women and a smaller number of older men have been taking a drug to prevent hip fractures and fight osteoporosis, a disease caused by low bone mass and bone deterioration. Now some doctors are concerned that patients who have taken the drug, Fosamax, and similar medications for four [...]
Richard Harris, award-winning NPR science correspondent to speak at UT Knoxville March 16
March 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
KNOXVILLE – Richard Harris, award-winning science correspondent for National Public Radio, will give the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, in the Shiloh Room of the University Center. Harris will speak on “Covering Climate Change in a Changing Media Climate.” The program is free [...]
Byrd joins Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont as Director of Development and Public Relations
October 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
TOWNSEND – Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont has added a new member to its Management Team. Sandra Byrd has joined the Tremont staff as Director of Development and Public Relations. She will be responsible for development/fundraising and public relations efforts, including the support for and the public awareness of Tremont’s extensive environmental education curriculum. [...]
George Busko Jr., 1936-2009
September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Lt. Col. George Busko Jr., USAF, Retired, of Maryville, Tenn. passed away on Sept. 14th 2009 after a long battle with Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis. George was born Sept. 29th 1936 in Ashland, Pa. to Anna (Lebak) Busko and George Busko Sr. He spent his boyhood years in Frackville, Pa. with his beloved grandparents where he [...]
Edith F. Oliver Hembree, 1926-2009
August 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Direct descendant of the Olivers of Cades Cove Edith F. Oliver Hembree, 83, of Maryville passed away Friday, August 21, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hembree, a direct descendant of the Olivers of Cades Cove, was born in Townsend, Tenn. to Elder Cary and Ida Ellen Oliver. Mrs. Hembree was a member of [...]
Obama vows to cut military waste, boost effectiveness
August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON (VOA) – President Barack Obama says the United States will boost its national security by maintaining the world’s most-potent military and eliminating wasteful defense spending. Addressing the national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Arizona on Monday, the president pledged to use America’s military might wisely and effectively, and to tend to the [...]
Rock slide expected to close Little River Road through Tuesday
August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
GATLINBURG – Great Smoky Mountains Chief of Facility Management Alan Sumeriski has announced that a rockslide is expected keep Little River Road between the Elkmont Campground and the Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area closed through Tuesday evening, August 18. The slide is located about two miles west of the Elkmont Campground junction. Sumeriski said, “When the [...]