Jay’s GOP Credentials Challenged
Knox County Conservative Republicans alleges the two-term GOP county commissioner who is running for county mayor is not a bona fide Republican.
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February 20, 2026A group of Knoxville religious leaders who were in Minneapolis when federal agents killed Alex Pretti talk about fear and hope in the city.
February 19, 2026A donation from the Boyd Foundation pushes a Friends of the Smokies endowment for historic preservation in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to $9 million.
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.
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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.
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- Lou Gauci, chair of the KMA board, has curated a career of disciplined design and designed a life of contemplative creativity.
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- Single-issue advocacy committees have formed on both sides of the city’s referendum question on raising the local-option sales tax.