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Nominations Due for 2009 Preservation Awards
This Friday is the deadline if you'd like to nominate someone or something for Knox Heritage's 2009 Preservation Awards. Who's made outstanding contributions to historic preservation...Read More Published 09/30/2009 at 3:02 PM 0 comments -
Find: Cap and Trade, Replace with: Something Better
Sen. Lamar Alexander today had harsh words for Sens. Barbara Boxer and John Kerry's new attempt at climate and energy legislation, which is NOT a...Read More Published 09/30/2009 at 2:46 PM 0 comments -
God, Football and the ACLU of TN
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported today that across the border in Georgia, cheerleaders at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School have been banned from using signs...Read More Published 09/29/2009 at 3:30 PM 1 comments -
Profit in Slow Times--Speaker to Benefit Polio Programs
You still have time to buy a ticket to hear author and consultant Michael Angelo Caruso give dynamic advice on "How to Profit Even in...Read More Published 09/29/2009 at 12:58 PM 0 comments -
County Votes to Keep Guns in Parks
Today the Knox County Commission voted not to opt-out of the statewide law that allows permit holders to carry guns in parks, rebuffing the recommendation...Read More Published 09/28/2009 at 4:21 PM 0 comments -
TVA: The Wet Look is So 2008
In an effort to prevent another coal-ash disaster, TVA announced last week it will convert its Kingston plant and five others from wet storage to...Read More Published 09/28/2009 at 3:53 PM 0 comments -
Cool People Benefit for Brown Dog Foundation
Remember the Brown Dog Foundation? They're the ones benefitting from veterinarian Lisa Chassy's upcoming marathon run. Brown Dog helps families in tough times pay...Read More Published 09/28/2009 at 11:47 AM 0 comments -
Making North Knoxville a Place to Care About
Photos by Frank CarlsonLast night Bob Whetsel (pictured above), director of redevelopment for the city, and a couple of contract firms, including landscape architecture firm...Read More Published 09/25/2009 at 4:08 PM 0 comments -
Plans for a Karl Wagner Festival
If you've ever been a fan of horror or fantasy writing, then you may have run across the works of one Karl Edward Wagner. A...Read More Published 09/25/2009 at 11:14 AM 3 comments -
Real Leaders Don't Have to Think about Stuff
Opponents of Mayor Bill Haslam criticized the 2010 gubernatorial candidate yesterday, both for his hesitancy in taking a position on guns in parks and also...Read More Published 09/25/2009 at 10:03 AM 0 comments -
City: Park Your Gun Elsewhere
Bucking the recent trend of laws that basically ask, "Why shouldn't we have guns here?" yesterday evening by a two-to-one margin the city decided not...Read More Published 09/23/2009 at 10:56 AM 0 comments -
City Election Primaries Tuesday
Hey, just in case you forgot, the city primaries are on Tuesday!There are 14 City Council candidates competing for the nominations in the 1st, 2nd,...Read More Published 09/21/2009 at 5:34 PM 0 comments -
Lamar, Lamar, the (Sometimes) Anti-czar
This week GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander got into a spat with the White House over appointments known in DC-speak as "czars." A czar is essentially...Read More Published 09/18/2009 at 12:46 PM 0 comments -
Farewell to Frussie's Deli
Sad, sad news for all sandwich-lovers of Knoxville: Frussie's Deli is no more. Owner James Dicks is leaving the business for extremely personal reasons.This...Read More Published 09/14/2009 at 12:57 PM 1 comments -
Latest Threat to Your* Liberty*: ACoE Proposes Ban on New Surface Mining Permits
*You=the many national coal mining concerns making up this blog's readership.*Liberty=Your (see above) ability to do whatever you want without any major public scrutiny.The U.S....Read More Published 09/11/2009 at 1:11 PM 0 comments -
Kudos For Us
Not to beat this particular dead horse again, but the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies finally released the judges' comments for the winners in this year's...Read More Published 09/10/2009 at 12:12 PM 0 comments -
Humongo MP Election Guide
Staff writer Charles Maldonado takes city governance very seriously (for the most part... in public, anyway). So when it came time for us to...Read More Published 09/04/2009 at 12:11 PM 0 comments -
The MetroGnome: A Fond Look Back
With this week's issue, we bid a heartfelt goodbye to our beloved MetroGnome. The announcement of the final winner of our weekly photo challenge marks the...Read More Published 09/02/2009 at 3:20 PM 0 comments -
See Jack Neely In the Flesh
East Tennessee's foremost sportswriter for non-daily newspapers (2008) will be officially launching his latest book today at the Square Room, 5-7 p.m. Entitled Market Square:...Read More Published 09/02/2009 at 10:52 AM 0 comments -
vélo vous?
Tomorrow (Sept. 2) is Bike Day at UT. Pedal to the pedestrian walkway on campus for trike races, maintenance tips, HPS (Human-Powered Smoothies), free tune-ups...Read More Published 09/01/2009 at 11:27 AM 0 comments
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