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Oak Ridge scientists develop VR game to promote flu shots

Feb. 14, 2020

Scientists and public health officials hope that VR will help make public health issues come alive

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Knoxville ranked as the No. 1 American city for pets for second consecutive year

Knoxville took first place for the second consecutive year

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Energy-saving experimental geothermal battery that heats homes came out of Oak Ridge

Feb. 7, 2020

Scientists have developed prototype geothermal “batteries”

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park adds 1 million visitors in 2019 to top previous records

Great Smoky Mountains National Park set yet another attendance record with 12,547,743 visitors in 2019

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Ole Smoky Distilleries see twice as many visitors as all Scottish distilleries combined

Ole Smokey Distilleries are must-see destinations for many visitors

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Fewer Tennessee workers join unions

Jan. 31, 2020

The number of Tennessee workers belonging to labor unions fell last year by nearly 13%

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ConAgra facility in Newport to close in January 2021

Jan. 24, 2020

The company said the changes will allow it to optimize its expanded network

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VW growing workforce at Chattanooga plant

Volkswagen is bringing on about 380 more workers for its Chattanooga plant

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‘Tennessee was the right place to be’

Jan. 20, 2020

Sustainability, efficiency to be key topics of research under UT/Volkswagen/Oak Ridge partnership

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Allegiant Air adds new metropolitan destinations from Knoxville

Jan. 17, 2020

Budget carrier Allegiant Air is growing again, announcing 44 new nonstop routes including its first Chicago, Boston and Houston flights

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