NORRIS LAKE NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
Date: 10/22/2008
To River Neighbors readers:TVA is pleased to announce the formation of a new Environmental Information Center (EIC), available to anyone who needs TVA -related environmental information, or has questions regarding a variety of environmental issues. The EIC is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST and 7:00 a.m …
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Date: 10/17/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Call Favoritism of Florida's Needs ‘A Clear Affront to the Residents of Georgia’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today sent a letter to Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., expressing their …
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Date: 9/16/2008
World Water Monitoring Day Starts Sept. 18 Thursday, September 18th, is the kick off the 5th Annual World Water Monitoring Day, a month-long international effort aimed to increase public awareness and involvement in water monitoring and protecting water resources around the world. World Water Monitoring Day engages people …
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Date: 9/5/2008
(Washington D.C. - Sept. 4, 2008) From lawn mowers and weed
trimmers, to personal watercraft and speedboats, gas-powered engines will soon
contribute to healthier and cleaner air for Americans. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has set strict new standards for gas-powered lawn
equipment and marine engines …
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Date: 8/21/2008
Drought conditions continue to significantly impact the Tennessee Valley. On average, tributary reservoirs are about 15 feet below normal levels for this time of year due to below normal rainfall and runoff over the past three years.
Reservoir
Observed August 20 Level
Normal Level*
2007
2008 …
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NORRIS LAKE FISHING NEWS
Lake News And Reports From Local Fishing Experts
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Fishing News From Local Media Providers
Date: 11/3/2008
The differences between the Bassmaster Classic in 1969 and in 2009 will be profound. The man who won that first Classic, Bobby Murray, remembers the weigh-in taking place on the roof of a floating dock on Lake Mead — a lake that none of the competitors had fished before, nor knew, until they were in the air en route …
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Date: 8/20/2008
Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been waging a water war for 18 years, but a cease-fire may be in sight.
Alabama experts not only believe that the courts may finally determine the states' water rights in the next two years, but that Alabama might be one of the winners in the war.
Negotiations between the Re …
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Date: 7/18/2008
Out-of-state residents who sell property in Alabama will initially lose 3 percent of their sales price to state taxes, but the new law's sponsor says sellers could get most of the money back.
House Bill 357, which takes effect Aug. 1, requires Alabama landowners who are not residents to withhold 3 or 4 percent of their …
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Date: 7/13/2008
TVA is asking boaters to be extra careful on TVA Reservoirs throughout the summer because continuing drought conditions have left water levels on tributary reservoirs below normal for this time of year.
During low water conditions, more boating hazards are exposed, including rocks, stumps, sandbars and shoals. Low water …
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Date: 7/8/2008
The Union County Rescue Squad has recovered the body of a Michigan man from the Powell River arm of Norris Lake.
Timothy Michael Kennan, 47 and of Lake Orion, Michigan, was pulled from 19 feet of water Tuesday morning. The body was taken to UT Medical Center, bound for an autopsy.
Witness reports indicate a group had …
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Date: 7/5/2008
TVA is warning boaters to be extra careful on TVA reservoirs for the rest of the summer because water levels are below normal.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is the nation's largest public utility, and its river and tributary management extends through Tennessee and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina …
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Date: 7/1/2008
Authorities say they've found the body of an Ohio man who jumped from a boat Memorial Day in Norris Lake.
Authorities tell us that Peter Gruber, 26, went overboard on May 25...He told his friends he wondered what it would be like to jump from a moving boat.
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Date: 6/24/2008
If your Fourth of July plans include a trip to the lake, you don't want to hear that gasoline prices at local docks are now pushing five dollars a gallon.
Volunteer TV News spoke with several marinas on Norris Lake, and the average price Tuesday was $4.55 a gallon and up.
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