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Facing a persistent staffing shortage, KPD asks for $150,000 over two years to boost officer recruiting efforts.
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March 26, 2019A University of Tennessee scientist uses Henry David Thoreau’s 19th century observations to chart the effects of climate change.
March 26, 2019Knox County survey respondents oppose the governor’s proposals on vouchers and charter schools by a wide margin.
March 25, 2019City Council will consider a proposal to give the next mayor a 14 percent pay boost above Mayor Madeline Rogero’s current salary.
March 25, 2019For Big Ears founder Ashley Capps, Knoxville itself is a big part of the program. Plus, photos from Big Ears 2019!
March 22, 2019The international music festival provides an economic injection to downtown businesses and introduces Knoxville to new audiences.
March 22, 2019Crowded schools and jails, inadequate roads and sidewalks. Lamenting a lack of planning and priorities, Knox County Commissioners plan to set some.
March 21, 2019The festival's eclectic energy is carrying over to its home city, in many different ways. We trace some of them.
March 21, 2019Whether they cruise along bucolic Maryville Pike or plunge into the frenzy of Alcoa Highway, these South Knox voters drive on the right side of the political road.
March 21, 2019A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
March 20, 2019Knoxville’s Bill Dunn shepherds Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Savings Accounts bill over its first legislative hurdle.
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Free content to sample and share.- Volunteer Ministry Center, with the help of city taxpayers, wants to establish Knoxville’s first ‘low-barrier’ homeless shelter.
- In response to J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ regional writers stake a claim to political and cultural diversity in the Southern mountains.
- Bill Lee brings his State of the State roadshow to Knoxville, talking workforce, justice and character education.
- A UT healthcare policy expert says expanding Medicaid is needed but wouldn’t be enough on its own to prevent rural hospital closures.
- A report calls for a tax-funded Knox County fire department. County officials want to explore their options.