2025

Ultra-processed foods may be tasty and fast, but mounting research shows they’re quietly destroying our health from the inside out. For many people, walking down the aisle at the supermarket can be a misleading adventure. If you stick…
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Where the roads end and the ice beginsDramatic landscapes and humbling experiences. In the middle of the night, as our ship pitched and rolled in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, I lay awake, confident in the captain’s ability – but also…
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Hard-earned sunrises from Everest to Appalachia—finding beauty where few ever look Leaving a warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night is not my favorite part of mountaineering. I joke that we wake up before we go to sleep so as not…
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“Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.” – Will Rogers For decades, when Knoxville city officials asked local folks to visit downtown Knoxville, what they heard in response was the…
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What our discomfort in exclusion reveals about us— and how we might respond There’s something about human nature that stirs up this mysterious “fear of missing out.” It’s a process that plays out in our minds, saying more about who we…
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From small-town roots to center stage, Cruz Contreras follows the pull of music Cruz Contreras didn’t set out to be a frontman. “I just wanted to be a piano player and take a solo now and again,” he says. But life had other plans—plans…
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Army veteran Bill Warganich has found a post-battle home in the tranquil Smokies As Bill Warganich fluidly casts a fly line across the glistening surface of a heaven-kissed Smoky Mountain river, his face wears a contented smile and a…
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Courts fill and paddles fly as East Tennessee finds its new obsession On a Tuesday night in West Knoxville, paddles clack under soft lights as doubles teams rotate on and off the courts. In an upstairs lounge, players sip local ciders…
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2025 Top Attorneys in Appellate Practice, Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, Entertainment & Sports, Federal Court Practice, Juvenile Defense For Don Bosch, founding partner of the award-winning Bosch Law Firm, criminal defense isn’t…
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2025 Top Attorneys in Administrative Law, Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, Juvenile Defense When you step foot in a courtroom, it’s often one of the worst days of your life – second, perhaps, only to the day that brought you here. A man…
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