Broadacres Homeowners Association partnered with Second Harvest of East Tennessee for a January food drive that generated considerable food and monetary donations.
Lorena M. Hubbard, business development director for Second Harvest, …
David Hunter will be missed
David Hunter always wanted to be a writer and he achieved that goal. The published author of 21 books and numerous magazine articles and newspaper columns died Feb. 21 at …
Dr. Bob Collier: Birder, author, rockhound and surgeon
Dr. Bob Collier of Powell passed away Dec. 31, 2020, at the age of 81. Dr. Collier was smart and kind, with an appreciation of history and a visionary’s eye …
Show respect for essential workers: Wear a mask
A couple of months ago, a woman from Powell sat in her car in the Three Rivers Market parking lot and wept. Between sobs, she recorded a video on Facebook …
Snooks Scarbro: Loved all things Powell
Willard F. “Snooks” Scarbro passed away at his home in Powell on Dec. 22, 2020, at the age of 93. He was quintessential Powell, the last of the original Scarbro …
Powell Station’s Christmas of ’66
It’s said that reporters write the first rough draft of history. That’s why this writer got a great gift when Polly Morris gave me the earliest editions of The Powell …
Gift of land gives Powell cause for thanksgiving
Arvin and Sabra Brown have called Powell home for many years, watching from their farm on Brickyard Road as the community changed from a rural, railroad town to a bustling …
Park comes to life on Emory Road
“Hey, what’s that trail beside the Powell library?” somebody asked. “My kid and I went exploring and couldn’t believe what we found.”
What they found was the Collier Preserve – a …