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    Tennessee wildfire devastates local economy

    Wildfires are common in America's arid West, but not in the humid Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Now 14,000 people have been evacuated from the resort town of Gatlinburg. Matt Shafer Powell is Director of News Content at WUOT , public radio for Knoxville, 35 miles away.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 29, 2016 • 6m Listen

    Wildfires are common in America's arid West, but not in the humid Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Now 14,000 people have been evacuated from the resort town of Gatlinburg. Matt Shafer Powell is Director of News Content at WUOT, public radio for Knoxville, 35 miles away.

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    Can Trump bring manufacturing back home?
    1. 1:51Tennessee wildfire devastates local economyYou’re reading this
    2. 8:40Campaign promises and economic realities
    3. 42:21Trump picks fierce critic of both Obamacare and Medicare
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Matt Shafer Powell

      WUOT

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Can Trump bring manufacturing back home?
    1. 1:51Tennessee wildfire devastates local economyYou’re reading this
    2. 8:40Campaign promises and economic realities
    3. 42:21Trump picks fierce critic of both Obamacare and Medicare
    Back to To the Point