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Bright & (Not So) Early: What About Tent City Edition
Good morning, Nashville. One of the ongoing controversies following the flood has been figuring out what to do with residents of Tent City–a homeless encampment near the river that was home to nearly 140 people. Like everything else, Tent City flooded and destroyed what few possessions these folks had including birth certificates and other important [...]
Bright & Early: Rockin’ The Vote Edition
Good morning, Nashville. This weekend, Nashville will be one of the nine polling places for the Iraqi parliamentary election. Because Nashville has the largest Kurdish populations in the United States, we were chosen to host one of the polling sites and Iraqi nationals will be traveling into town from all over the southeastern US to [...]
Bright & Early: One Year After Kingston Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the TVA ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. Since this is one news story we’re absolutely guilty of harping on here at Nashvillest, we didn’t want today to pass by unnoticed. On December 22, 2008, 5,4 million cubic yards of fly ash (or 1.1 billion gallons) spilled out [...]
Happy Hour: Cleaning Up Messes
The state advisory board that was supposed to be looking more into last year’s TVA ash spill in Kingston released a 17-page report saying that we need tighter control over ash ponds and we’re not quite sure how this is information is new. [WSMV] It doesn’t look like we’re going to get any flurries this [...]
Bright & Early: Disaster Tourism Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Roane County may be putting the kibosh on the TVA’s plans to build an overlook for passers-by to view the progress on the coal ash cleanup. According to county officials, the TVA never consulted them before developing the viewing area which is supposed to include a parking lot big enough for 20 [...]
Bright & Early: Hat Tricks & Drunk Birds Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re pretty sure we could hear the Preds fans screaming all over city on Saturday after the epic 8-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings. It was a night of firsts for our Preds: First win by 8 goals, first time they’ve scored 5 goals in the first period (including the first [...]
Bright & Early: Back To Square One
Good morning, Nashville. We hate to keep harping on the Kingston ash spill, but the more we read about it, the more it blows our minds. While testifying before an environmental committee at the state legislature yesterday, TVA prez Tom Kilgore reiterated that the billion-gallon spill covered nearly 300 acres of land and was probably [...]
Happy Hour: School Of Rock Edition
Jack Black has been practicing his square dancing, should the occasion arise for him to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. And we quote, “I think I’ve got some hillbilly in my roots.” Yeehaw? [WSMV] 900 people were not hungover energetic enough on Thursday morning to participate in the annual New Years Resolution Run. That’s [...]
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