Gateway Park Set To Open
The newest entry point for the Urban Wilderness in South Knoxville features a playground, a picnic area, a pavilion and more.
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January 29, 2026Every month we run down notable news items from the area’s businesses.
January 28, 2026The consultant that’s developing the county’s Unified Development Ordinance has presented revised zoning districts and land uses to public officials.
January 27, 2026County commissioners are taking up immigration issues as outrage grows over federal agents’ killing of a man in Minnesota.
January 26, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
January 26, 2026A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
January 23, 2026Forecasters and calling for sleet, snow and freezing rain in the season’s first winter storm
January 22, 2026ORNL and Type One Energy will pursue fusion energy breakthroughs at the site of a mothballed coal-fired power plant.
January 21, 2026In an unusual turn of events led by newly elected members, City Council paused disbursements for mental-health services.
January 20, 2026KPD has plans to launch a Drone as First Responder program to provide real-time information about emergency calls to officers in the field.
January 19, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
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All free to read and share.- County commissioners are taking up immigration issues as outrage grows over federal agents’ killing of a man in Minnesota.
- Every month we run down notable news items from the area’s businesses.
- Lou Gauci, chair of the KMA board, has curated a career of disciplined design and designed a life of contemplative creativity.
- All of our city election coverage, now out from behind the paywall.
- Single-issue advocacy committees have formed on both sides of the city’s referendum question on raising the local-option sales tax.