2020

Pro golfer’s family oasis makes room for fun, fitness and rest n unassuming side street off Northshore Drive takes you over Sinking Creek into a small neighborhood. It has no name announcing its presence, and, for anyone who doesn’t…
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Top design choices keep heart of home stylish o lots of families, the room that embodies ‘home’ is the kitchen. Some of their fondest memories are made in this room. Discovering new foods and flavors, cooking with loved ones, inhaling…
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From Mogadishu and Port-au-Prince to football and wrestling, Jason Bush is giving back. Jason Bush’s enlistment started in a familiar way. At the end of high school, he did not want to attend college, nor did his family have the means…
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“It’s a bad-ass feeling of peace in knowing the authenticity of that concept,” said Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro Executive Chef Shelley Cooper, talking about her commitment to true farm-to-table Appalachian cuisine with inventive…
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Do dogs care about their hairstyle? Do they care about how they look? I know we humans care about how our dogs look. Based on my frequent visits to New York City, I believe the designer dog and her coat has become the new status…
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Pre-coronavirus, I’m in WUTK Radio’s studio at the University of Tennessee, shooting the first interview for a new documentary film with Benny Smith, and Jeff Heiskell, solo music artist known as Heiskell, the former front man for the…
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Open up a copy of Step into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia, take a look at the gorgeous photography, and you will be sure to notice one thing first of all—this feels like home. Read the writer profiles, and you will be sure of…
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I recall sitting on the bank of the Nolichucky River looking up at the Devil’s Looking Glass, a magnificent 800-foot-tall rock face. My partner and I had leased the land directly across the river for our second full season as river…
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Mayor Kincannon’s focus on gun legislation ignores another threat Safety is city government’s fundamental responsibility. That was Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon’s battle cry as she sighted Gov. Bill Lee’s permit-less handgun carry…
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From my earliest recollection I have always wanted to contribute in a positive, meaningful manner. My goal was to find a way to participate that satisfied my need to learn. Then teaching what had been learned as a result, created…
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