Primary 2026: County Clerk
Familiar names have populated the GOP primary ballot in the race for the county’s most diversified fee office.
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April 20, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
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April 17, 2026Garrett Holt and Liz Tombras are facing off in the GOP primary in an echo of their County Commission District 4 contest two years ago.
April 16, 2026Kristi Kristy is running for a third term against political newcomer Bill Sofield to represent South Knox County on the Board of Education.
April 15, 2026Four law-enforcement veterans are squaring off in the race for Knox County Sheriff, which will be decided in the Republican primary.
April 14, 2026In the county’s only contested Democratic primary, a first-term incumbent faces a pair of challengers for a seat representing the school system’s most diverse district.
April 13, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.- April 13, 2026A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
April 10, 2026Discovering wonders with nature’s caretakers in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
April 9, 2026At a forum in the Old City, entrepreneurs question county-mayor candidates on a host of business and economic-development topics.
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