Blake Phillips

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NEWS 9/17/21 4:00pm

Thursday News Tidbit: Hurricane Nicholas

By Blake Phillips

 (EETV) - Category 1 storm, Hurricane Nicholas, made landfall in Texas and doused the gulf coast of the United States as the 14th storm of the 2021 Atlantic Storm Season. 

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NEWS 9/17/21 2:00pm

Thursday News Tidbit: Auburn Sexual Assault Protest

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - After the third incident of sexual assault on Auburn University's campus, a decision not to release the name of the fraternity at which the incident occurred sparked protests on the Auburn campus. 

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NEWS 9/17/21 12:03pm

Thursday News Tidbit: Harold Franklin

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Harold Franklin, Auburn's first African-American student, passed away recently at the age of 88. 

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NEWS 9/14/21 1:56pm

Auburn Campus Safety Reports Another Sexual Assault

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University Campus Safety reported another incident of sexual assault Tuesday afternoon after a female student divulged to police she was raped Friday night at a fraternity house. 

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NEWS 9/10/21 4:00pm

Thursday News Tidbit: Auburn Vaccine Incentive Prizes

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University's Vaccine Incentive program announced its winners and prizes for the week. 

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NEWS 9/10/21 2:00pm

Thursday News Tidbit: IRS Warns of Stimulus Scams

By Blake Phillips

 Washington, D.C. (EETV) - The Internal Revenue Service recently warned Americans about fake messages posing as official IRS announcements attempting to phish personal information in the latest scam. 

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NEWS 9/10/21 11:54am

Thursday News Tidbit: $20.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Auburn

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University was awarded $20.5 million in emergency COVID funding from the federal government. 

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NEWS 9/3/21 4:00pm

Eagle Eye News Tidbit: Hurricane Ida's Path of Destruction

By Blake Phillips

 (EETV) - Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms to hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in recent history, wreaked havoc on a large portion of the eastern U.S. 

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NEWS 9/3/21 2:00pm

Eagle Eye News Tidbit: Raptor Rehabilitation

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine's Southeastern Raptor Center recently released a rehabilitated young bald eagle into the wild. 

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NEWS 9/3/21 11:56am

Eagle Eye News Tidbit: New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Website

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University's Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion announced a new resource for prospective students and members of the Auburn family to use to view the work that the University continues to do for campus diversity.

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NEWS 6/28/21 4:28pm

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is Reopening Tuesday with Brand New Exhibitions

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Following a brief closure for exhibit changeout, Auburn’s crown jewel of fine art will be reopening its doors June 29th to showcase two brand new exhibitions. 

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NEWS 6/9/21 8:59am

Auburn University Continues Its Rollback of COVID Precautions

By Blake Phillips

Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University continues to respond by rolling back COVID precautions that have been in place for just under a year. In addition to the lifting of its mask mandate, the University has announced that a Healthcheck 'Green Screen' passport is no longer necessary in most situations.  

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NEWS 5/20/21 12:44pm

Auburn University Hits Construction Milestone for Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - The final construction beam in the Rane Center at Auburn University was raised last week in front of a large gathering of Auburn and even some Alabama state officials.

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NEWS 5/13/21 1:33pm

The Colonial Pipeline Resumes Operations Following a Six Day Shutdown

By Blake Phillips

 Following a shutdown that spanned six days, the Colonial Pipeline, a 5,500-mile gas line that supplies many of the United States’ southeastern gas stations, is back up. 

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NEWS 4/5/21 4:42pm

The CDC Updated its Travel Guidelines for Fully Vaccinated People

By Blake Phillips

 Washington D.C. (EETV) - The Centers for Disease Control announced an update to its guidelines regarding travel for fully vaccinated Americans. 

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NEWS 3/30/21 12:50pm

Kenneth Kelly to Address Auburn Graduates at 2021 Spring Commencement

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University announced that prominent banking executive and philanthropist, Kenneth Kelly, will be addressing graduates at 5:30 p.m. on April 30th in Jordan-Hare stadium to kick off Auburn's commencement weekend. 

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NEWS 3/29/21 11:27am

Auburn University Announced Update to Mask Usage Study

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn University, in their collaborative effort with the Alabama Department of Public Health and the CDC, is studying mask use on and around campus. 

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NEWS 3/15/21 5:03pm

Tiger Dining Announces Dining Updates for Fall 2021

By Blake Phillips

 Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - Beginning this fall, a new Auburn University dining hall titled, "The Edge" at Central Dining, will open and offer a variety of meal options for students and the campus community. 

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NEWS 3/8/21 4:37pm

CDC Announces New COVID-19 Guidelines

By Blake Phillips

 Washington D.C. (EETV) - The CDC announced Monday new guidelines for those fully vaccinated. 

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NEWS 3/6/21 11:08am

Update: Shooting on Old Wrights Mill Road

By Blake Phillips

 AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Update to an Auburn Police report of a shooting Thursday morning on Old Wrights Mill road that left one man with serious injuries.

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