
JFG Goes MIA
The future of the historic JFG Coffee sign is in doubt after it was suddenly taken down and put into storage this week.
New at Compass
- October 3, 2023After two years of trying, Knox County Schools has found property for a new school at the county’s western edge. Now it just has to decide what kind.
- October 2, 2023Conversations with pedestrians and cyclists traveling Knoxville’s most dangerous streets.
- October 2, 2023Every Monday, we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
- September 29, 2023Council takes a first look at Mayor Indya Kincannon’s ‘missing middle’ housing proposal for the city’s older neighborhoods.
- September 28, 2023Knoxville officials have yet to decide whether to challenge the state law changing its district election process or ask voters to amend the charter.
- September 28, 2023A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
- September 27, 2023In his first-year ‘action plan,’ Superintendent Jon Rysewyk’s administration met most of its targets for improvement — but has some make-up work to do.
- September 26, 2023Wary of a culture-war battle over libraries and LGBTQ representation, commissioners hit pause.
- September 25, 2023Visits to River Bluff Wildlife Area prompt musings on the Urban Wilderness and what it means.
- September 25, 2023Every Monday, we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
Recent Highlights
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- For decades, Head Start programs have prepared disadvantaged young Knoxvillians for school. But a staffing shortage is leaving classrooms empty.
- As Knox County prepares to bid out its ambulance contract for the first time in a decade, we look at two potential bidders.
- Hundreds gather as Knox Pride pushes the LGBTQ community and its allies to action over proposed state legislation.
- Sundress Academy for the Arts runs a working farm in Karns that provides a retreat — and free eggs — for visiting writers.