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.
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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.