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New MUD Forms Tie Water Capacity Checks to Moore County???s Building Permit Process
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (674+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — The Metro Utility Department (MUD) Board voted on Tuesday to adopt a formal water availability form and advance a new developers’ policy. Both are intended to catch water and sewer capacity problems earlier…...
New state program helps local farmers preserve land
1+ week, 5+ day ago (481+ words) As of September 1, Tennessee landowners have a new tool aimed at making sure their farms and forests don’t end up in that column: a state program that lets them place their land under a permanent conservation easement, taking it off…...
Over 40 homeowners sue Whiskey Creek developer in new Grundy County filing
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (488+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. — More than 40 homeowners have filed a lawsuit against Chip Hayes, the Franklin businessman behind the Retreat at Whiskey Creek in Lynchburg, alleging he and three of his companies failed to deliver promised…...
MUDDIED WATER: How much water does Moore County actually have?
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1404+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & PublisherLYNCHBURG, Tenn. — In Metro Planning & Zoning Commission, Metro Council, and Metro Utilities Department (MUD) Board meeting each month, Metro Moore County’s elected and appointed officials keep coming back to the same question over and over — how…...
MUD claims progress on water loss. The state and planning commission aren’t so sure.
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (760+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher The Metro Moore County Utility Department has been losing nearly half of its treated water for approximately seven years — and the state has been watching. At Tuesday’s MUD Board meeting, staff presented a new way…...
State issues pollution violation to MUD over Good Branch discharge
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (734+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher “I got one more thing here, nothing much,” he said. “I’ve got this letter from the state talking about the pond. We just got one person that keeps turning us in because they see a…...
Planning Commission to Retreat at Whiskey Creek: Where’s the money?
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (736+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — The Metro Planning Commission met Tuesday evening at the American Legion Building, and before the agenda’s final item was done, Planning Commissioner Jeff Ross asked a question that’s been hanging over Retreat at…...
New law puts teeth into Duck River protections
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (430+ words) The Lynchburg Times The Duck River runs through our regional backyard, and supports an ecosystem so rare it puts most of the world’s rivers to shame. Now, state lawmakers have taken a significant step to keep it that way. Legislation…...
Metro Council directs attorney to address solar farm with legal actions
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (344+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tennessee — The Metro Moore County Council voted 10-1 Monday night to direct County Attorney Bill Rieder to send a formal letter to LPL Solar, the contractor overseeing construction of the Silicon Ranch solar project, threatening…...
Data centers and rock quarry on Monday’s Council agenda
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (411+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher Both items, in different ways, ask Moore County to decide what it is and what it wants to become. The moratorium is broad in scope. It applies countywide and covers special use permits, conditional use…...