Sunday Conversation: What makes a good neighbor?
Being a good neighbor usually isn’t about doing something big. It’s bringing in a...
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Category: Archives
Community Snapshot: The view we almost miss
Some of the best East Tennessee views are the ones we almost miss. We’re usually on our way...
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Sunday Conversation: What sound says East Tennessee to you?
Some sounds are so familiar that we barely notice them until we haven’t heard them for a while....
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Community Snapshot: Sometimes the best view Is on the way Home
Sometimes the best East Tennessee views aren’t found at an overlook or at the end of a hiking...
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Sunday Conversation: Hidden Gems Close to Home
One of the things I enjoy most about Sunday Conversation is that it gives us the chance to learn...
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Community Snapshot: The roads that lead us home
One of the best things about living in East Tennessee is that sometimes the journey is every bit...
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The ‘second coming’ of Andy Holt
Note: Last week’s story about the newest TN deputy commission of agriculture, Andy Holt, triggered...
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Dennis Francis: Irish charm, friend to many
The Glamour Shot Guy showed up in the Knoxville Journal newsroom one afternoon in late spring,...
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In Gaza, humans connect and work goes on
(Editor’s Note: Betty Bean wrote this interview with then-UT Professor Brian Barber in 2017...
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Outside money tips state primary
Editor’s Note: It was just 10 years ago, August 2014, but it was a turning point election in many...
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Booker sings a new song
(Editor’s Note: Betty Bean wrote this circa 2017, on the occasion of Bob Booker’s CD release.) The...
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Keeping the memories and moving on
Alex Haley left us an uncountable number of pithy quotes, but nothing he ever said rang truer than...
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