
Funding Forever Places
A donation from the Boyd Foundation pushes a Friends of the Smokies endowment for historic preservation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to $9 million.
New at Compass
- February 18, 2026The multiagency project to build 20 tiny houses for veterans experiencing homelessness is officially underway.
- February 17, 2026A ‘thigh-burning’ climb, elusive landmarks and a beagle mix named Caesar on a trek in Cherokee National Forest near Hartford.
- February 16, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
- February 16, 2026A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
- February 13, 2026A city-county task force has developed a roadmap for an alternative to police response to low-risk E-911 calls.
- February 12, 2026TVA’s Board of Directors changed course with a decision to keep coal-fired units at two Tennessee power plants in operation for the foreseeable future.
- February 11, 2026The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services issued a license for Knox County’s juvenile detention facility after a three-year lapse.
- February 10, 2026KCS officials say the plan for North Knox County will relieve overcrowding at Powell Elementary and eliminate the need for portable classrooms.
- February 9, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
- February 9, 2026A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
Recent Highlights
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.












