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12 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville

East Tenn. mayors back proposed Jefferson Co. rail facility

The letter says the mayors believe the intermodal transport facility that would be built near New Market would boost the economies of their counties with jobs and tax revenues.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Fight over rail site: Norfolk Southern tries to persuade foes in Jefferson

Harvey Young speaks about a proposed Norfolk Southern truck-train facility in Jefferson County during a community meeting hosted by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Metropulse.com

Do the Right Thing Frank Talk by Frank Cagle

Knox County has spent millions of dollars on Eastbridge Industrial Park. It sits on Mine Road in Mascot with hundreds of acres of expensive graded land still empty.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Jefferson County residents gather to fight proposed rail facility

Jefferson County residents are asking Norfolk Southern Railroad executives to change their minds about a plant to build an intermodal transport facility in the New Market area.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

WBIR-TV Knoxville

New Market rails against trading farmland for intermodal facility

Jack Kramer sold his farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and relocated to east Tennessee for a chance to raise cattle and restore a piece of New Market history.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Miller: Proposed rail yard a threat to farmland

Norfolk Southern is aggressively seeking to buy land for a major rail yard adjacent to the elementary school at New Market, Tenn.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Tenn. landowners 'willing to fight' for farmland wanted by Norfolk Southern

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. - Harvey Young said he searched for 35 years before he found the farm he wanted to buy and build his home on.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Tuesday briefing

The Scope was in Savannah on Thursday and Friday, so there wasn't much fresh news on the blog.

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Sat May 30, 2009

WBIR-TV

Jefferson Co. mayor confirms plans to build Norfolk-Southern terminal

The Jefferson County mayor released a statement Wednesday, confirming plans with Norfolk-Southern for a new rail-to-truck facility.

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Thu May 28, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Will thousands of jobs, new rail terminal come to Jefferson Co.?

"It will be a huge facility that runs 24 hours a day, that's lit up like a city, have tall cranes.

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Wed May 27, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Log home in New Market destroyed when fire rekindles

A custom built log home up for sale in New Market was destroyed early Wednesday morning when a fire from the night before rekindled.

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Knoxville residents rail against proposed Norfolk Southern terminal

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - 10 News has obtained Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce documents that outline a $133 million private-public partnership with Norfolk Southern to build an intermodal rail-and-truck transport facility.

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Tue May 26, 2009

Knoxville News Sentinel

New Market house fire causes $200K in damage

A Tuesday evening fire in New Market left the homeowner with only minor injuries but resulted in about $200,000 in property damage.

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Sat May 23, 2009

WBIR-TV

Driver, passenger, firefighter, EMS workers taken to hospital from single-vehicle crash

A single-vehicle crash in New Market resulted in a driver, a passenger, a firefighter, and two EMS workers being taken to the hospital Friday morning.

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Sun May 17, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Is organic food better for you?

"I would love to not to have to use the chemicals. They are extremely expensive and a pain to put on and I don't like to handle them, but I'm not concerned about the safety of it," Danny Shelton says.

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Fri May 15, 2009

Knoxville News Sentinel

Salvage Unlimited.com expands to Sevierville

Discount retailer Salvage Unlimited.com has opened a new location in Sevierville.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Daily Times

Woody-Byrd

Michelle Ann Woody, daughter of Don and Diane Woody, of Morristown, is engaged to marry J.R. Byrd, son of Cindi Byrd and Les Byrd, both of New Market, at 2 p.m. May 16 at Manley Baptist Church, Morristown.

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Mon Apr 20, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

House OKs measure to allow handguns in Tenn. parks

Suspect arrested as friends mourn teens killed in wreck 3 fire departments respond to New Market fire Firefighters were on the scene of a house fire for more than an hour and a half Monday morning in New Market.

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Mon Apr 06, 2009

Newport Plain Talk

Gracie and Baby ready to greet you

PHOTOS SUBMITTED You never know who you might come across in your travels. Last weekend, Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults and his wife were driving in Western North Carolina.

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Sat Apr 04, 2009

WBIR-TV

Girl Scouts use cookie money to help families in need

You might call them cookies for a cause. On Saturday morning, some East Tennessee Girl Scouts used some of their cookie money profits to hold a food pantry for area families in need.

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