If you are a Volunteers fan or University of Tennessee alum, there’s a good chance your orange blood has commingled with Old No. 7. Coincidentally, the UT Department of Forestry, …
CareCuts bolsters Knoxville’s homeless with free haircuts and caring
Q&A: Marti Baker, founder Plus: Archie Baker, Penny Troutt, Richard Grossbard, and Connie Killingsworth, volunteers As a barber for 35 years and a volunteer at Lost Sheep Ministry,MartiBaker was touched by …
Hiking club resurrects Smoky Mountain Railroad ‘rail-to-trail’ route in South Knoxville
Winter creeper turns the old rail bed into a completely green tunnel, shielded from the blinding summer sun above. It’s so dark that even mid-morning, crickets sing a loud, high-pitched …
Spurred by East Knox farm families, MPC develops “rural preservation zone”
There’s a place in Knox County for rolling green hills speckled with barns and goats. Despite the prevailing allure of restaurants and multiplexes, many would like to keep it intact. …
Knoxville College science building avoids pollution listing
Knoxville College is off the hook: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation decided not to list its science building as one of the state’s most polluted properties. The state …