County mayoral candidates visit East Knox

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Republican Glenn Jacobs and Democrat Linda Haney spoke to members of the East Knoxville Business and Professional Association, meeting June 21 at Zoo Knoxville. The election is Aug. 2 and …

Let’s talk about it

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Our centuries’ old democracy depends on open discussion and debate. A free exchange of ideas often results in proposals being aired, countered, adjusted and re-asserted with refinements and compromises added. …

Morning mist

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It’s 6:45 a.m. A mist hovers over the river, and golf course where I walk. The rising sun burns the mist off the fairway, But it still drifts along the …

Petitioning against history

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What is it about a century-old block of granite that offends you?
A group in Knoxville has petitioned to have a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders removed.
This is not some tribute …

Apartments proposed for East Towne

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Retail is changing around the country. It is here, too.
Knoxville Partners LLC, the investor group which owns East Towne Mall, has applied to MPC to change the zoning on nine …