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Brick-and-Mortar Business Owners Support Internet Sales Tax

Art Creations owner Tony Mines says he's all for proposed new legislation which would mandate an Internet sales tax. "I think it's very unfair for small retailers like myself to have that kind of a percentage disadvantage, nine and a quarter percent here, that's significant, especially when we're already discounted to try to compete with the internet sales," he says.

TVA Checks Fish Health with "Electro-Fishing"

"Electrofishing is something that is really most efficient in the shallow, littoral zones of the reservoir where we can effectively get down to six or eight feet while we're sampling," says Fisheries Biologist John Justice.

Four Arrested for Opium in Jackson County

Jackson County Sheriff Chuck Phillips has been in law enforcement since 1982 and says he's never been part of an Opium arrest... until now. "It's the first time we've ever gotten any type Opium or Heroin in Jackson County, especially this much," says Phillips.

White Nose Syndrome Shows Up Among Local Bats

"West Nile Virus has been a problem locally and you know the bats are one of the natural mechanisms for keeping that under control because they eat the mosquitoes that pass along that disease," says UTC Biology professor Tim Gaudin.

Local Bodybuilders Compete on International Stage

They've done it again. Athletes from a small local gym hit the international stage at the world's largest amateur bodybuilding competition. And they took home some of the top placings. WDEF News 12's Brittany Shaw has their stories.

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