County commissioners are taking up immigration issues as outrage grows over federal agents’ killing of a man in Minnesota.
Business Roundup: December 2025
Every month we run down notable news items from the area’s businesses.
Measured Intentions
Lou Gauci, chair of the KMA board, has curated a career of disciplined design and designed a life of contemplative creativity.
Election 2025: The Compass Guide
All of our city election coverage, now out from behind the paywall.
Sales-tax Battle Lines
Single-issue advocacy committees have formed on both sides of the city’s referendum question on raising the local-option sales tax.
The ABCs of TLC
The city’s place-based violence-reduction strategy relies as much on community relations as it does on enforcing the law.
A Fair in Flux
After more than a century, the future of the Tennessee Valley Fair is uncertain amid space limitations and the need to adapt to changing circumstances.
Past Is Future
Knox Heritage releases its annual list of historic properties at risk — including a couple that owners are preserving.
Primary 2025: Compass Voter Guide
Links to our city primary election coverage — now outside the paywall!
Paddling Through History
A memorable spill at an elusive ledge colors a recent run through storied Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River.