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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The seven-year-long multi-million dollar repair project Boone Dam appears to have worked. That’s the word from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the owner and ...
After 2 million hours of work and $326 million of dam remediation expenses, TVA crews completed the construction of a seepage barrier beneath and around the Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — After years of work to repair Boone Dam, the Boone Lake reservoir will be back to “full pool” by mid-July. It will be the first time that’s happened since 2014.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, residents across the Tri-Cities region will once again enjoy summer recreation activities at Boone Dam. After seven years and two million hours of dam ...
It and related public facilities on Boone Lake have been closed for nearly seven years while work was done to repair seepage that TVA inspectors found at the dam in 2014. The disc ...
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - When construction to stop seepage at Boone Dam started two years ago, the TVA said it was going to take five to seven years to complete. Now, TVA officials say the project ...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Boone Dam could be repaired by 2020, but Boone Lake won’t be back to normal levels right away, Tennessee Valley Authority officials said Tuesday. TVA estimated in July 2015 ...
The Boone Dam project, and the lower water level that came with it, caused business to drastically decrease. "We went from a profit to losing around a thousand a month," said Tim Simpson ...
This summer marks the fourth year that Boone Lake levels have been down, but it’s a mixed bag when it comes to how residents, marinas and others feel about the Progress of Boone Dam repair work ...
JOHNSON CITY — Faced with open hostility from some Boone Lake property owners Thursday evening, Tennessee Valley Authority officials stood firm that a repair plan for Boone Dam announced earlier ...
OAK GROVE, Tenn. (AP) - Lasers have a pretty ominous reputation in popular culture, but at Boone Dam, they serve a decidedly non-destructive purpose. Specialized robots, or “Boone Bots,” are ...