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The day after tomorrow it is done. Olivia the standoff over Irans Nuclear program has lasted 12 years. The u. S. And five other countries taking part in the talks and want to make sure iran cannot build a nuclear bomb. Iran wants the west to lift sanctions immediately. In greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras trying to rally support for the ballarat talks. Asking opposition lawmakers to back his strategy of putting an end to austerity. He told the Greek Parliament last night and he did it must an...

Rutherford County Commission members appointed Commissioner Jeff Phillips to be their chairman and retained him to serve on the planning commission.

View Comments Rutherford County operated its own landfill for many years but eventually decided to turn the legwork over to a company that had credentials to do so. Plans to convert 410 acres into a landfill off East Jefferson Pike in the late 1980s went uncontested by the public. By 1995, county officials realized they were in over their heads. At least five elected officials serving at the time still hold public office. "I think what was going through most of the minds of the commissioners ba...