Ed Marcum

• MPC approves bid to strengthen residential zoning in Lonsdale Published 02/09/2012 at 7:15 p.m.

  The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved a general rezoning Thursday meant to bolster the residential zoning of parts of the Lonsdale community near the Gerdau steel plant.

• McGhee Tyson airfares fall 3 percent, bucking national trend Updated 02/08/2012 at 6:32 p.m.

  Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport, which had the third highest airfares in the country two years ago, had one of the largest fare decreases in the country in the third quarter last year, according to report released Wednesday.

• KUB meter contractor changes name Published 01/31/2012 at 12:40 p.m.

  The company that reads meters for KUB has changed its name, and KUB is trying to get the word out to avoid confusion for customers.

• TVA halts Chattanooga barge traffic as it spills dam water Published 01/28/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The Tennessee River in the Chattanooga area will be closed to barge traffic for several days because of swift currents from recent rains, TVA spokesman Travis Brickey said Friday.

• Zombie protestors file $300,000 lawsuit against TVA Published 01/27/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Six costumed protesters who planned to attend a TVA board of directors meeting, have filed a $300,000 federal lawsuit against TVA, claiming the agency violated their free speech rights by refusing them entry to the meeting.

• Knox airports' annual impact put at $616 million Published 01/25/2012 at 6:01 p.m.

  McGhee Tyson and Downtown Island airports add about $616 million to the area economy annually and will add nearly $10 billion over a 20-year period, according to a University of Tennessee study recently done for the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, ...

• TVA plans more lease-purchase deals like John Sevier Published 01/22/2012 at 4 a.m.

  With a $1 billion lease-purchase agreement on its John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant now in hand, TVA is setting a course to make greater use of such alternative financing arrangements to meet capital funding needs without drawing closer to a ...

• TVA CEO calls for safety focus after Watts Bar incidents Published 01/21/2012 at 4 a.m.

  TVA CEO calls for safety focus after Watts Bar incidents

• TVA CEO calls for safety focus after Watts Bar incidents Published 01/20/2012 at 1:30 p.m.

  TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore issued a statement to TVA employees today, explaining why contract workers at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant were placed on an unpaid work stoppage this week after safety incidents.

• MPC approves first project under hillside plan Published 01/18/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The Metropolitan Planning Commission got its first chance to consider a development proposal in light of the recently adopted Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, when it approved a rezoning Thursday for an apartment project on Middlebrook Pike.

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