Business
The thieves took more than $600,000 from the Greeneville Sun before the Tennessee newspaper’s publishers even noticed that it was gone.
May 7, 1989
World & Nation
Tennessee Valley Authority director Richard Freeman, citing unspecified “personal reasons,” resigned from the board of the federal utility with more than a year remaining of his term.
Feb. 14, 1986
A senior engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority charged that he was demoted, harassed and received death threats because he spoke out about potential safety problems in TVA’s nuclear program.
Oct. 16, 1985
The Tennessee Valley Authority completed its shutdown of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and will be getting all its power from coal-fired and hydroelectric plants for $400,000 a day for an indefinite period, the federal power agency said.
Aug. 25, 1985
The person to lead California utility giant PG&E Corp. out of the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history may be Bill Johnson, the outgoing chief of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally operated utility.
March 12, 2019
The Tennessee Valley Authority said 3,000 jobs in the agency’s nuclear power division will be eliminated within 18 months.
April 27, 1989
TVA to Refinance Debt: The Tennessee Valley Authority, operator of the nations’s largest electric power systems, said it will refinance $6.5 billion in debt to the federal Treasury by issuing bonds in the public market for the first time in 15 years.
July 13, 1989
Sports
Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Aug. 28, 1990
A seismic zone concentrated in eastern Tennessee, the site of several nuclear power reactors and hydroelectric dams, poses the threat of a destructive earthquake, geologists said Thursday.
April 29, 1994
Travel & Experiences
If you’re headed to Knoxville, perhaps best known as the location of the Tennessee Valley Authority, United has a round-trip from LAX for $283, including all taxes and fees.
Dec. 20, 2013