October 18, 2026
TN State News
Chattanooga Zoo offers Boo at the Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo has released tickets for its annual family-friendly Halloween celebration, Boo in the Zoo. The event will take place on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout October, which started October 9 and ends October 31 on Halloween night.
It’s copperhead season in Tennessee
It’s Copperhead season in Tennessee and state wildlife officials are urging the public to be aware what might be lurking in that pile of leaves, along the trail or in your flower pot.
Whiskey trail releases Tennessee Collective
After the award-winning 2025 release sold out, the Tennessee Whiskey Trail is proud to announce the second annual release of the Tennessee Collective, a limited-edition bottle series that brings together distilleries across the state to celebrate Tennessee’s thriving spirit industry through a one-of-a-kind collaborative blend.
Tennesseans urged to follow fire prevention best practices during wildfire season
Beginning Oct. 15, Tennesseans must obtain a free burn permit before burning leaves or natural debris or conducting prescribed burns. As wildfire season begins, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) encourages residents and visitors to observe National Fire Prevention Week by practicing fire prevention and exercising extra caution when burning outdoors. Tennessee averages about 1,000 wildfires each year, burning approximately 18,000 acres.
Runway Safety: Incursions, wildlife strikes are common
An aircraft departing from McGhee Tyson in Knoxville last October needed to abort takeoff when another aircraft entered the runway without permission from air traffic controllers.
AEDC at 75: Green Quail testing marks first for AEDC
In 1958, only a few years after the Propulsion Wind Tunnel 16-foot transonic wind tunnel became operational at Arnold Engineering Development Center, a full-scale guided missile was put through simulated flight conditions without ever leaving the ground.
AEDC at 75: Gemini jumps so Apollo can fly
Thousands of testing hours were dedicated to the Project Apollo space program throughout the 1960s at what was then known as Arnold Engineering Development Center, but Center efforts also focused greatly on the precursor to Apollo in the early part of the decade.
Voters decide on state constitutional amendments
State property tax, refusal of bond on ballot
AEDC at 75: AEDC testing helps put man on the moon
While much of what was then known as Arnold Engineering Development Center’s space-related work in the 1950s focused on sending Americans beyond Earth’s orbit, such efforts throughout the 1960s aimed to take them even farther.
AEDC at 75: AEDC testing in late 1950s supports early space programs
BRAD HICKS AEDC Contributor Throughout the tail end of the same decade in which it was dedicated, test cells at what was then known as… Login to continue reading Login…