September October 2021

A look at the conditions that made the Knoxville housing market leap to new levels  Laura Slyman has been playing the real estate game for the last 22 years. A second-generation real estate agent who swore she’d never get into the…
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John Adams builds magic into outdoor aquascapes His palette consists of browns and golds, aquas and blues, grays from charcoal to ash, and every shade of green. His medium is what the Earth provides: rocks, water, plants, trees, fish,…
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Buying and Selling in a Changing Real Estate Market Suppose you are the handy sort and have done a little remodeling. You have a friend who flipped a house and made $50,000 in profit. Sounds like easy money. So you start searching for a…
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How fraudsters are swindling homeowners and how you can protect yourself It’s a typical weekday in Knoxville and a woman, we’ll call her Amy, (not her real name) answers an unexpected call from an unknown number. The caller announces…
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Time on the Holston River with Fish Knoxville guide Gavin Greeley and High Adventure Company’ s John Burrell proves heaven can often be found right in your own backyard  There is a special beauty in watching an accomplished fly…
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A mystical peak that offers hiking for all levels An hour west of Knoxville rises a place lost in the folds of geographic time. Lightly boot-kissed paths disappear maze-like, labyrinthine, into thinning air. Sandstone spires jut…
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A local look at America's most hated tax Of all taxes, Americans hate the property tax the most. The property tax’s unpopularity—and knowing that in Knoxville it takes only five of nine members of city council to increase it—helps to…
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Follow the path to a Tennessee state of mind Why is it that we feel so good while listening to the sound of rushing water? Ongoing studies are trying to understand the science behind it. What we do know is that being in the presence of…
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Young East Tennessee rowers gain life lessons and camaraderie in a demanding and rewarding program Each afternoon at the boathouse of the Oak Ridge Rowing Association on Melton Hill Lake, around 80 high school boys and girls arrive for…
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Wears Valley Ranch provides a safe space for children to grow East Tennessee Pastor Jim Wood began his work serving others when he was just 15. At the time, Wood lived in North Carolina and the state-run Juvenile Evaluation Center (part…
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