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Public records reviewed by former WUOT interim news director Melanie Faizer show the Tennessee Valley Authority discounted energy rates for a Knoxville-based cryptocurrency mine for years. WUOT’s Pierce Gentry sat down with her to learn more:
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The largest known deposit of the critical mineral fluorspar in the United States is underneath parts of far western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Some say its applications in artificial intelligence could reawaken the region’s mining industry.
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The Washington County Commission approved nuclear technology company BWXT’s request to rezone part of its property for a federally-contracted high purity depleted uranium refinery in a 10-5 vote.
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UT will give students, faculty and staff across its five campuses paid access to ChatGPT, Grok, Perplexity and Claud as professors grapple with the pros and cons of the new technology.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Beth Joslin Roth, a Tennessee General Assembly staff member, researcher and advocate. She provides a profile of gun violence in Tennessee.
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Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in 2024 on one of L&N’s most powerful steam locomotives, the Big Emma.
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Kentucky-based Addiction Recovery Care is under fire in a civil lawsuit for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicaid for a service. A federal database shows ARC made up 20% of all payments for that service in the country in a two-year period.
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A Warren County deputy facing a series of department and constitutional violations was suspended after filing to run for sheriff. The sheriff then oversaw the hearing that led to the deputy’s termination. And it was legal.
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The Boring Company has officially began drilling a tunnel between downtown and the airport. City officials and residents remain unclear about the potential impact to Nashville’s underground environment, the company’s plans for extreme weather, and the supposed public benefit of the tunnel.
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If approved, the program could become Knoxville's third alternative response model and the county’s first, but it faces an uphill battle.
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On HealthConnections. Dr Carole Myers and Michael Holtz, from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, talk about the incidence of early onset cancers in women under 50.
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The signs in the Smokies are among nearly 40 exhibits across Tennessee the Trump administration could remove based on their content.