Bill Weigel, board chair of Powell-based Weigel’s Stores, was named Business Person of the Year for 2018 by the Powell Business & Professional Association. The award was presented in March …
Green Drinks Garden coming to botanical garden
Knoxville’s breweries and distilleries are partnering with the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum to create a Green Drinks Garden that will educate visitors about the agriculture of alcohol. Groundbreaking is …
Property sales cool in February
After a very good beginning to 2019, local real estate activity cooled somewhat in February. For the month ending on Thursday, Feb. 28, there were 807 property transfers in Knox …
Orchid winners represent Knoxville’s future, Rogero says
To hear Mayor Madeline Rogero tell it, the winners of Keep Knoxville Beautiful’s 2019 Orchid Awards were all the residents of the city.
Rogero was the keynote speaker at the 37th …
Coping with flood damage
If you or a friend had property damaged by last week’s flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides this information:
Property owners in Knoxville and Knox County are encouraged to …
Valliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was …
Scenic Knoxville urges strong parking-lot landscaping standards
(Note: This article has been updated at the request of Joyce Feld)
Last spring Scenic Knoxville put together a landscaping coalition that included representatives from Trees Knoxville, the City Tree Board, …
A penny for Penny at First Tenn
First Tennessee Bank has unveiled a Visa debit card featuring the image of Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, a standout basketball player at the University of Memphis who has returned to his …