The News That Matters Most in Northwest Alabama
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Tennessee Valley Authority have released a timeline for planned repairs to the main chamber at Wilson Lock, which has been closed since Sep. 25, 2024. The current projected date for…
Read more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, has closed the main lock chamber at Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River, following a recent inspection that revealed cracks in the lock gates. The…
Read more
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports that a marine-related event at approximately 7pm Sunday has claimed the life of a Sheffield man. Ian H. Dodge, age 44, was fatally injured when the personal watercraft he was operating struck a log…
Read more
ATHENS, Ala. — Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, TVA’s largest generating asset and the third-largest nuclear power producer in the United States, reaches an important milestone on Thursday, August 1 – 50 years in service. On August 1, 1974, Browns Ferry…
Read more
On Friday, Feb. 16, TVA’s Browns Ferry Unit 3 was safely taken offline for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage that will prepare the unit for the next two years of providing carbon-free energy to the people of the Tennessee…
Read more
The Tennessee Valley Authority hosted the first public tour of Wilson Dam in more than 20 years this morning, as a small group chosen in a random drawing received an inside look at the huge facility. The tour group gathers…
Read more
From TVA – July 25, 2023: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) today announced that it has secured 279 megawatts (MWDC) of advanced thin film solar panels from First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) for its planned Lawrence County Solar Project in Lawrence…
Read more
On Sunday, July 9th at approximately 1:38am, Muscle Shoals police officers responded to Wilson Dam Road near the TVA Hydro Plant for a single vehicle crash. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2002 Jeep Liberty was traveling south on Wilson…
Read more
The Tennessee Valley Authority announces the successful start-up of the first of three new combustion turbine generators at Colbert Combustion Turbine Plant in Barton. When complete, the units can produce about 750 MW of power and will help TVA meet…
Read more