From a $5.65 per hour desk clerk job at a Disney resort after college to the chair of Knox County Commission is at first blush a gargantuan leap. Yet, some …
Knox County’s most progressive officeholder moves on
Mark Stephens is a soft-spoken guy who smiles often and easily. But don’t let that fool you – there’s steel in that backbone sufficient to mold the position to which …
Working Man Nick McBride
If Elizabeth Barrett Browning had dedicated a sonnet to Nick McBride, the first line would have been, “How do I employ thee? Let me count the ways.”
Knox County’s register of …
First Tennessee names five new managers
First Tennessee Bank has announced several promotions and transfers in Knoxville.
“Our financial center managers are the backbone of our retail delivery system,” said Dave Miller, First Tennessee’s regional president of …
No ‘typical days’ for David Smoak
David Smoak will soon mark his tenth anniversary as Farragut’s town administrator. He came to the position in February 2010, and since then there have been few “typical days.” That’s …
Rick Hollow: Out of the ‘sauna,’ into the fire
Rick Hollow has practiced all kinds of law in a 50-plus-year career, from product liability to malpractice. But he is nationally known as a First Amendment attorney, defending media outlets …
Spangler, Waggoner named to POST Commission
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced nearly 200 appointees, including 11 from Knox County, to a series of key boards and commissions ahead of the fiscal year that begins today (7/1).
“I am proud to announce these appointees …
Lisa Healy uses corporate skills to steer Catholic Charities
At the end of her 30 years in corporate America, retiring as an executive with a leading wholesale food distributor, Lisa Healy might have parlayed her experience into a cushy …