Parkwest Medical Center has introduced its new Dogwood Tower which will officially open in December. The $100 million expansion and renovation project includes a new patient care tower, additional operating …
Health Department survey reveals stresses of adolescents
The Knox County Health Department has released the latest Knox County Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is designed to track behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of …
Spreading Christmas greetings in simpler times ~ Concord 1950
It is early 1950s and the reliable Southern locomotive rolls past houses, farms and fields on its steel path toward Concord, Tennessee. As the mighty engine reaches the depot, it …
Adventures growing up in Fountain City, mostly true
Like Popeye, I was born as a very young child. My earliest years were spent in the hinterland of Knox County, a brisk 10-minute walk from the Union County line. …
Covenant, KARM extend care for homeless patients
Who cares for homeless people who are discharged from the hospital?
Covenant Health and Knox Area Rescue Ministry have implemented a transitional care program for homeless men leaving hospital care.
Registered Nurse …
Holiday stress: Make a plan; set boundaries
This week Covenant Health brings you Peninsula’s Holiday Survival Guide with tips for guilt-free gifts, coping with holiday stress and managing grief. There’s also information about outpatient support groups through …
The Fountain City Water Company, 1931-1966
Fountain City has been called Knoxville’s most fiercely independent community. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s a welcome sign on Broadway near Greenway proclaimed the message “The Nation’s Largest Unincorporated …
Tips on flu prevention
Stay healthy and happy this flu season with these tips from Covenant Health.
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