June 2, 2009 – Bailey, an 18-month-old yellow lab, was introduced as the newest member of the Knoxville Fire Department during a brief demonstration today at the Knoxville Fire Training Center. Bailey will serve as an accelerant detection canine with the KFD’s Fire Investigation Unit and will partner with KFD Capt. Travis Kincaid. Bailey and Kincaid recently completed a comprehensive training course at the Maine State Criminal Academy. Kincaid was   Read More ...

June 2, 2009 – The Brown Bag Green Book lunch and learn series sponsored by the Knox County Public Library and the City of Knoxville continues on Wednesday, June 10, at 12 p.m. at the Market House Room of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce at #17 Market Square. Dana Christensen, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Laboratory Director of the Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), will   Read More ...

June 1, 2009 – The City of Knoxville’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at the City Solid Waste Management Facility Transfer Station, located at 1033 Elm Street, will be expanding its operating hours starting on July 6. The new operating times will be the same as the existing hours of the Solid Waste Management Facility Transfer Station, which includes being open on Mondays providing additional residential access to the center.   Read More ...

June 1, 2009 – A granite panel honoring the first two Knoxville Fire Department firefighters who died in the line of duty is back with the KFD after being unearthed during a construction project at Chilhowee Park. It had apparently been buried there for more than six decades according to Capt. D.J. Corcoran, the KFD’s spokesman. The roughly 30×15-inch rectangular stone remembers Firefighters William F. Maxey and John J. Dunn,   Read More ...

Gatlinburg 75th-Themed Event To Feature Stories of Long Ago Current and former Gatlinburg residents will gather downtown at the historic Gatlinburg Inn on Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to reminisce, relate stories and share photographs of the days before the establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Established in 1934, GSMNP was created from more than 6,000 tracts of private and commercial land that was bought   Read More ...

May 29, 2009 – Interstate 40 in downtown Knoxville is reopening and as part of the celebration the Tennessee Department of Transportation is offering you a chance to run on the newly completed roadway before the official opening. The Knoxville Track Club, TDOT and the City of Knoxville are sponsoring the first – and last – “Fast 40 Dash” a mile run and fun walk beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday,   Read More ...

May 28, 2009 – Magnolia area merchants and business owners are invited to an organizational meeting aimed at creating a professional business association for the area. The meeting is set for 8 a.m., Thursday, June 4, at the Knoxville Area Urban League Office at 1514 E. Fifth Avenue and is the second in what will be a series of meetings exploring the possible development of an association for Magnolia businesses.   Read More ...

May 27, 2009 – Enjoy Tennessee Statehood Day Cultural Heritage Festival on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Blount Mansion, James White’s Fort, Mabry-Hazen House, Marble Springs, Ramsey House and the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum. Enjoy free admission, live music and tours. Historical re-enactments, arts, crafts and more will be on hand. Blount Mansion Free admission. Enjoy live music featuring The Concord Brass, Mounatin Laurel and the   Read More ...

May 27, 2009 – Mayor Haslam and Senator Lamar Alexander took a walk and picnic today on one of the most beautiful spots in Knoxville – the River Bluff Wildlife Area overlooking the Tennessee River from the south side of Knoxville. Legacy Parks Foundation has a contract to purchase this land and the adjoining Fort Stanley parcel in order to complete the Urban Wilderness and Historic Corridor of parks, greenways   Read More ...

May 27, 2009 – The City of Knoxville’s Solar America Cities Program is partnering with Knox Heritage in the restoration of one of the Victorian-era houses on the edge of Fort Sanders and World’s Fair Park. The partnership, using grant funding, expects to install three different solar energy devices on the house at 1011 Laurel as part of the effort to make the restored home a showplace of energy efficiency   Read More ...