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Lanes Re-Open After Overturned Apple Truck Shuts I-26 Exit Ramps

Traffic is back to normal after a tractor trailer carrying apples overturned Wednesday morning. The accident shut down exit and entrance ramps to interstate 26 in the Flag Pond community of Unicoi County, Tennessee.

08/20/08 11:24 AM

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Lanes Re-Open After Overturned Apple Truck Shuts I-26 Exit Ramps
Lanes Re-Open After Overturned Apple Truck Shuts I-26 Exit Ramps

Traffic is back to normal after a tractor trailer carrying apples overturned Wednesday morning. The accident shut down exit and entrance ramps to interstate 26 in the Flag Pond community of Unicoi County, Tennessee.

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Elizabeth Stykes
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Elizabeth Stykes

The News Channel 11 Student of the Week program recognizes students in public and private schools whose actions or contributions make a difference to our schools, neighborhoods and Tri-Cities communities. Our first Student of the Week comes from Daniel Boone High School.

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Road Smarts: Premium vs. Regular Gas
Road Smarts: Premium vs. Regular Gas

If you’re using premium gas and thinking it’s better for your engine, Consumer Reports says you may be wasting your money. Most cars are designed to run on regular gas. So using premium doesn’t do anything except cost you about 20 cents more per gallon.

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Happy Valley HS Offers Hair-Help to Cancer Patients
Happy Valley HS Offers Hair-Help to Cancer Patients

Some Happy Valley High School teachers and students are using their hair to help women fighting cancer. The high school personnel plan to donate their hair to make wigs for cancer patients. There’s a big hair cut party scheduled Thursday at 3:30 at the Carnegie Hotel in Johnson City on State of Franklin. There the hair donors will get a professional cut and style at the Austin Springs Spa.

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Tennessee Working To Get More Kids Enrolled in CoverKids Medical Coverage Plan
Tennessee Working To Get More Kids Enrolled in CoverKids Medical Coverage Plan

Tennessee will soon send out 1.5 million informational packets to public school students to boost enrollment in the state’s health insurance program for low-income families.

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Internet Entrepreneur Is A Prisoner In His Own Garage

Some of cyberspace’s biggest websites and the computer industry’s most powerful companies were once nothing more than a few big dreams in a small garage. Now one Johnson City man is following the same garage-to-greatness approach made legendary by Hewlett-Packerd, Apple, and Google with his new dot com start up. Eric McCarty has vowed to stay put in his family’s garage in Johnson City until 500 new users join his forum site. Find out about his decision to set up shop in the shed, what he’s doing to pass the time and his belief that his website can one day change the world. 

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