We have some BIG news to share! Binti, a 37-year-old chimpanzee, gave birth on Friday, April 22, to a healthy female. Binti experienced some complications with the birth and needed …
I-640 East repaving contract approved
Just as the wheels and shocks have been bouncing off your car, TDOT has finally approved a contract to repave, indeed rebuild, the rough eastern 7-mile segment of I-640, from …
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West Knoxville
The Ivan Racheff House & Gardens’ spring plant sale runs 9 a.m.-3 p.m. this Saturday (4/30). The historic home, headquarters of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, is at …
Heart procedure gets woman’s life ‘back in rhythm’
Robin Eslinger has never had any major health issues. However, she recently began having episodes where her heart felt like it was racing, even to the point where she would …
A different kind of hike at Seven Islands
For Earth Day, Seven Islands State Birding Park is offering a non-avian experience. A Friday Night Frog Walk starts at 8 p.m. tonight, April 22. Join Ranger Clare to watch …
Just hanging around at Zoo Knoxville
Neither marsupial nor primate, Joe the Linnaeus two-toed sloth at Zoo Knoxville is, nonetheless, a mammal. Despite that classification in the animal kingdom, he resides in the Clayton Family Amphibian …
Town Hall East hosts school board candidates
School board District 1 will have a new member come September. Incumbent Evetty Satterfield did not seek re-election, joining Patti Bounds and Virginia Babb to leave the board.
Town Hall East …
Zoo Knoxville wins Orchid Award
The Clayton Family Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Campus (ARC) at Zoo Knoxville received Keep Knoxville Beautiful’s Orchid Award for New Architecture last week.
The ARC Campus provides an unparalleled educational resource …