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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (Sept. 23, 2020) – The City of Oak Ridge has finished mailing out this year’s property tax statements. Property owners in the City should have those statements by now. In accordance with State Law, property tax notices are mailed to the property owner at the address on …

By Jack Mitchell – Norris Bulletin Faced with the difficulty of operating a theatre in the midst of a pandemic and confronted with the loss of ticket revenues, the Oak Ridge Playhouse is following the trend being adopted by many other entertainment venues around the country and delving into the …

By Jack Mitchell – Norris Bulletin Anderson County Commission unanimously elected District 3 Commissioner Josh Anderson to serve as county commission chairman. Anderson has represented the Norris/Fairview/Andersonville/Glen Alpine area as commissioner since 2018. He is the youngest commissioner to be elected to the position. The Anderson County Commission also voted …

By Jack Mitchell – Norris Bulletin Using the city’s recently acquired asphalt hot box, Norris Public Works employees, pictured here at the corner of Dairy Pond and East Norris Roads, began the process Tuesday of filling potholes on city streets. The box, which fits onto the bed of the city …

The Roane County School Board voted Tuesday to have all students in grades K through 12 learn remotely every Friday, beginning on October 2nd. That schedule will remain in effect for all Roane County students through December 18th. Members approved beginning this schedule with the 2nd nine-week grading period, and …

Oak Ridge School Administration Building According to Oak Ridge Today online news, after fall break, students in the Oak Ridge Schools will continue using exclusively in-person instruction for students in Pre-K through the fourth grade and staggered schedules for students in fifth grade through 12th grades. The younger students have …

Hello, this is Ron Woody, Roane County Executive, with a Wednesday, September 23rd COVID-19 update from data of Tuesday, September 22nd. Total tested- 17,512 which is 32.5% of the Roane County population Total positive- 849 which is 1.58% of the population 106 tested on our last report date with only …

Tonight’s Roane County School Board meeting will be broadcast LIVE on www.bbbtv12.com, as well as on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. If you have a Roku, AppleTV, or FireTV, you can download the Boxcast Channel, then search for BBB Communications, then you can watch all our programs live on your TV’s …

Eugene Gallaher, the longtime president of the Green McAdoo Cultural Organization, passed away last week at the age of 68 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Gallaher is being remembered as a fixture in youth sports, his church, and the community as a whole. Mr. Gallaher passed away on Friday …