The May 16 appointment of Kevin Parton as senior director of the Knox County Health Department looks like another Glenn Jacobs crony hire – the sort of hire that led …
Buchanan relaxes business regs
Martha Buchanan, MD, has relaxed Covid-19 requirements for local businesses, issuing on April 23 “recommendations for all businesses operating in Knox County.” See the full order: Resolution 2021-A business guidance
Meanwhile, …
Buchanan catches covid
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County’s health department director and public health officer, has tested positive for COVID-19. A press release said her symptoms are mild and she is recovering at …
2020 Person of the Year: Martha Buchanan (of course)
She’s got the hardest and most thankless job in Knox County. For the better part of a year now, she and her staff have worked ceaselessly against twin pandemics of …
Water, water everywhere, and no solutions yet
The 19th-century American essayist and novelist Charles Dudley Warner coined the phrase, “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
Some Knox County residents let commissioners know on …