School board members complained they got no advance notice that revenues would be withheld, and that elected officials would get pay raises amid job and pay cuts.
Rysewyk Outlines Spending Cuts
KCS could eliminate teaching positions and impose furloughs as part of a plan to close a $7.8 million budget gap caused by state and county funding decisions.
Pitch Impressions
Players offer their initial opinions on the turf developed by UT and Michigan State researchers for the stadiums hosting World Cup matches.
Rafting the Pigeon, Post-Helene
The hurricane changed the river flowing from Western North Carolina into East Tennessee, but paddling its waters remains invigorating.
A ‘Transformative Investment’
Alums Dee and Jimmy Haslam have donated $130 million to the University of Tennessee — the largest gift in the institution’s history — to support academics.
‘Roots’ and Beyond
School board members discuss pushing for changes to the state’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act, and the public weighs in on book bans.
‘Roots’ Returns to School Libraries
Superintendent Jon Rysewyk says banning the book ‘weighed heavily on me.’ But the law that led to the removal remains.
A Twilight Paddle
Ijams Nature Center outing allows paddlers to observe eagles and otters and other wildlife from kayaks on the Tennessee River.
School Board Backs Budget
The school system’s $717 million spending plan would provide raises for all employees, but cut teaching positions.
Meandering Along Soak Ash Creek
Discovering wonders with nature’s caretakers in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.