Work begins on new animal shelter
Grading work has begun on the site for the new Anderson County Animal Shelter along Carden Farm Drive in Clinton. The shelter is expected to be completed in about a year. - G. Chambers Williams III
Site preparation is now underway for the new Anderson County Animal Shelter on Carden Farm Drive in Clinton, and the city has issued a building permit in the amount of $4.745 million for the project. The building permit, listing Place Services Inc. as the contractor, was dated Feb. 25, and calls for a 13,975 square-foot structure. A grading permit for the five-acre site was issued by the city on Feb. 17. A crew of workers and several earth-moving machines were on the site Monday morning, grading and leveling the site for the new building. Construction is expected to take a full year to complete, according to the contract approved by the County Commission in December, County Mayor Terry Frank said. The new shelter, a pet project of Frank’s, promises to be a state-of-the-art animal-care center that will be positioned to serve the county for decades. Frank has been working on the project for at least six years, and said she’s glad to see construction finally begin. It will replace the current shelter on Blockhouse Valley Road that sits on the site of a county waste recycling center.
Read MoreTransformer sparks wildfire near Clinch River Brewing
A wildfire burns on a hillside Satuurday above Clinch River Brewing along Norris Freeway/U.S. 441 in Norris. Norris fire officials said a blown electrical transformer sparked the blaze, which was extinguished by the Norris Fire Department, with assistance from several other agencies. No injuries or damage to buildings were reported. - Submitted
A wildfire that broke out behind Clinch River Brewing on Norris Freeway on Saturday afternoon forced the evacuation of the business as a precaution, and required hours of work from dozens of firefighters to bring it under control. Norris Fire Chief Rick Roach said the fire was apparently started by a faulty electric power transformer on the hill behind the brewery at about 1 p.m. He said an Anderson County deputy sheriff was parked nearby at the time and heard several “popping” sounds, then saw the flames beginning on the grass under a row of power lines. Norris firefighters were immediately called to the scene, along with backup from other nearby departments, and began trying to control the rapidly spreading fire. At one point early on, the afternoon’s strong winds shifted toward the brewery, which prompted the fire officials to ask that the building be evacuated.
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City survey identifies 16 miles of Clinton streets needing work
A survey has identified miles of Clinton Roads that could use repairs. City Manager Roger Houck discussed the survey at the Feb. 23 City Council meeting. He said that the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization had done an asphalt survey in Clinton using “scientific equipment on a truck” to analyze street conditions. The team looked at all 71 miles of streets in Clinton in fall 2025. However, it did not look at parking lots. The latest survey he said identified 16.41 miles of streets in either “poor or very poor condition.” “A couple of them were actually in serious condition,” he said. “I think they’re just a few streets.” He said the city will prioritize these streets for maintenance and resurfacing as funding allows. He said that the city is currently working on downtown paving.
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