2023

Restoring Hope, Restoring Confidence Premier Surgical's Dr. David Lo finds joy and purpose in his work helping Knoxville patients Detailed. Compassionate. Without compromise. These are what drive plastic surgeon, Dr. David Lo of…
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Our biggest year ever. Those are exciting and weighty words. It seems just about everything about this issue was record-breaking for us. We counted over 313,800 votes across 365 categories in the Best of the Best poll this year. We've…
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Denise Stewart-Sanabria celebrates products of desire in her paintings It’s hard to study Denise Stewart-Sanabria’s paintings and not crave a jelly doughnut. Or a fresh piece of fruit. Or a crisp French macaron. Stewart-Sanabria’s…
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The Chillbillies are making a change in our community, both on the stage and within their day jobs The Chillbillies' history dates back to the 1980s. At a concert for a gospel group in 1988 that year, founding member George Massengill…
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Pay your debt and keep your home. Simple, right? It’s possible for a Tennessean’s house to be sold out from under them – even if they’re paying their mortgage. The reason: property taxes, or rather, property tax non-payment. On one…
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The famous ETCH holiday gala has returned After years of existing in a variety of different forms, East Tennessee Children's Hospital is bringing back its holiday gala to accompany the hospital's ever popular community fundraiser, the…
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Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, or STAR, provides hundreds throughout the region with healing and hope through equine therapy George Morgan was 16 when his parents first took him to see the horses. It was 1989, and a lifeguard…
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The birth of our treasured sanctuary During the next calendar year, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, far and away the nation’s most visited of the “crown jewels,” will celebrate its 90th birthday. Most of us take for granted our…
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The puppy has arrived at the Pryor residence. The clothes and furniture are in trouble. Against the advice of everyone who knows us, my wife and I have adopted an eight-week-old Golden Retriever puppy. We are not new to dogs, especially…
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Former Air Force leader and Vietnam veteran Jim O'Brien gives back to his adopted Knoxville community When 591 American prisoners of war arrived back on U.S. soil from Vietnam in early 1973, Jim O’Brien was midway through his studies at…
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