2024

A Roofer You Can Trust Barnett Roofing sets the standardfor speed, trust, and customer service It’s 2 a.m. when you make the call. You expect a machine to answer, but instead you hear a person, “Barnett Roofing Company, how can I…
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Heroes on defense and offense deliver an epic 24-17 victory over the Crimson Tide As it was two years ago, Alabama was vanquished in Neyland Stadium. The Volunteer Faithful, many puffing cigars, flooded the field. Within minutes both…
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Knoxville’s Gail Wallace Davenport helped pioneer women’s Navy service on the high seas As Gail Wallace looked out over the Panama Canal in late 1973, she was reflecting on more than just the engineering marvel of locks and canals that…
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Each year, we ring in the season by announcing our Best of the Best winners. We celebrate the people and businesses who you told us make this community all that it is. But what exactly is "the best?" It has a different meaning for…
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STIR artfully combines the vibes of an oyster bar, scratch-made food, and a by-the-stadium watering hole. It’s hard to keep up with developments in the Old City. With the baseball/soccer stadium set to open next spring, STIR is the…
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Local sugary sweets to melt your teeth and your heart, and a lot more besides Rows upon rows of goodies – and suddenly you’re struck with the deadly question, what to choose? Not between the goods themselves, mind you – the choice…
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East TN's own Milkman & The Big Band takes fans along for a growing ride There are many modern-day musicians who trace their musical origins tothe Beatles. Dino Nassios is one of them. A lover of technology and computers, Dino never…
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Debbie Corley finds inspiration and challenges in artist communities Debbie Corley sees herself as a ceramics hobbyist, but her professional connections tell a different tale. She was juried into the Art Market Gallery last year and was…
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Trips abroad provide insight into how we listen and learn from one another There is a country in South West Africa that taught me something about Knoxville, Tennessee. That country is Namibia, one of the poorest, most arid countries in…
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You may not have met me, but if you are reading this, in a way, you know me. That you are choosing to take time to read is helping to support part of my mission in this life, and for that, I thank you.It doesn’t matter whether you agree…
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