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What’s New in the Smokies

The Smokies have gone and gotten all gussied up recently. The country’s most-visited national park and the towns surrounding it have made so many big changes within the past year or two that it’s impossible not to notice. | By Katy Koontz

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Pills on the Streets

Part Two of Cityview’s ongoing series concerning Knoxville’s opiate epidemic delves into where the pain pills that are flooding East Tennessee are coming from—and how they’re getting to our streets. | Story By Sarah H. Clark

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Top Chefs 2012

Fourteen of Knoxville’s most highly regarded chefs gathered on the evening of Saturday, April 14, at Crescent Bend House and Gardens for Cityview’s Fifth Annual Top Chefs competition. Each chef mustered his or her culinary creativity and crafted one entrée and one dessert to submit for the public’s appraisal. | By Sarah H. Clark | Photography by Bryan Allen & Brett Blue | (Opening photo by Jimmy Chiarella)

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Suboxone: The Methadone of Oxycodone?

Story By Sarah H. Clark

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Exquisite Elements

Story by Sarah Clark | Photography by Jimmy Chiarella

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Healing from Betrayal

In the third essay of his exclusive series of articles for Cityview, Bobby Drinnon offers advice and counsel on how to recover from emotional suffering—and how best to forgive.

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Harvest for the Hungry

East Tennessee has more hungry people—including children—than most residents know. With an impressive new facility and wide-reaching programs, Second Harvest of East Tennessee is on its way to conquering the problem. | By Melanie Feilotter

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Top Chefs 2012

Join Cityview Magazine at the 5th annual Top Chefs event on Saturday, April 14th at the Crescent Bend. Visit TopChefsKnoxville.com to buy tickets

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The Faces of Addiction Online Exclusive

Opiates are prescribed for routine procedures, or found in a parent’s medicine cabinet, and even such casual encounters with these drugs can change someone’s life forever. These two brave women came forward to tell Cityview how opiate addiction touched their lives and the lives of their parents, siblings, and children. From their normal, everyday lives, [...]

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A Place Like Home

Gary & Vicki Koontz have worked as a team building or remodeling four different houses for themselves, not to mention working together or separately on dozens of other projects. From the 1928 Victorian farmhouse where they started to their current Mediterranean-inspired abode, they know that they can rely on each other to do things right. But despite the many different houses they’ve lived in, they know that there are some things that they will always keep with them—the things that make a house a home. | Photos by Jimmy Chiarella | Story by Sarah H. Clark

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Conversations: Eddie Mannis

Owner of Prestige Cleaners, chairman of HonorAir Knoxville, and senior member of Mayor Madeline Rogero’s administration.

Getaways: Hidden Gems of Orlando

There’s no better place than Orlando for some summer fun—and Disney World isn’t the only thing to see! Check out these spots to experience the very best that Florida has to offer. | By Sarah H. Clark

Dining Out: Brazeiros Churrascaria: Comida Típica Brasileira

For authentic Brazilian dining, look no further than this churrascaria, or Brazilian Steakhouse. Come for the food, but stay for the true gaucho experience: é uma coisa bem brasileira! By Sarah H. Clark

Social Calendar: May/June 2012

By Drew Daniel

Local Politics: No Excuses

By George Korda | Illustration by Danny Wilson

The Knoxonomist: Summer Jobs & Sundown in the City

Dear Knoxonomist: My son has just completed his junior year of high school—and it’s time for him to earn some [...]