UT students will counting trees in Oak Ridge this weekend.

According to a press release from the City of Oak Ridge, their Recreation and Parks Department is partnering with a group of forestry students to conduct a tree inventory for the City. 

The inventory will begin on Saturday September 15th at the west end of Oak Ridge near Rarity Ridge, and continue eastward along SR95/58 to the intersection with SR62.  The students will be wearing bright orange vests marked with the UTK logo so they are easily identifiable.

It's the day Vol fans have been waiting for, the start of the 2012 football season.    

It's been a long offseason for the team having to dwell on a loss to Kentucky for the last eight months.

But today the Vols open up the season against NC State.

The arrived in Atlanta yesterday afternoon.

This is the first time in 73 years that the team has played a regular season game on a Friday.

The Vols will take on the Wolfpack tonight at the Georgia Dome at 7:30 p.m.

The game will be aired on ESPU-U.

The Anderson County school district officially opened a new school for some special students on Tuesday. 

The Clinch River Community School will serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

The classes will be smaller and cater to students with special needs. 

The program has been in place in the school district for more than twenty years, but after years of planning, it finally has it's own new building, mascot, and name.