This spring, Keep Knoxville Beautiful completed SchoolScapes projects at Vine Middle School and Adrian Burnett Elementary.

The Transitional Care Unit (TCU) at Covenant Health’s Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has been named Best Skilled Nursing Facility by the 2026 Women's Choice Awards®.

Priority Ambulance today announced the promotion of Ray Gayk to Pacific Region Regional President, a strategic leadership appointment that underscores the company’s commitment to strengthening collaboration between fire and EMS agencies and advancing integrated, patient-centered emergency medical care across the communities it serves.

Covenant Health's Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Debbi Honey, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2026 list of Patient Safety Experts to Know.

South College celebrated the graduation of 1,500 students at a ceremony held at Thompson-Boling Arena on June 12.

In an era of digital signatures, 20-page contracts, and “just looping in legal,” there’s a growing sense that something simpler has been lost.

As the number of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia continues to grow, the need for compassionate caregivers...

The White House officially announced Tennessee’s 2026 State Champions  of...

As part of an ongoing effort to support healthier, safer communities, Wellpoint Tennessee, in partnership with the City of Knoxville, hosted the Summer C.A.R.E. Fair.

Visitors to East Tennessee with an interest in historical sites can visit the home of one of three U.S. presidents buried on Tennessee soil.

Summer is just around the corner. That means...

The 26th Jackson Square Lavender Festival, presented by Oklo, Inc., returns to Oak Ridge on Saturday, June 20, in the city’s Historic Jackson Square.

Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital has announced that it has been named a Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader.

Two South College directors have earned the distinction as Fellows of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

A landmark new exhibition — with free admission for 250 days — explores the first treaty between the Constitutional United States and the Cherokee Nation.

The Impact of the Book of Ephesians
By Jeaneane Payne
June 6, 2026

A study of the book of Ephesians at Northern Seminary enlightened me on communication methods in Bible days and today's methods - and how timeless truths continue to guide us today.

Graystone Presbyterian Launches Shoe Drive Fundraiser
May 27, 2026

Graystone Presbyterian Church is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through June 30 to raise funds for Arts for All.

KOC to Host Multi-faceted Coaching Conference
May 27, 2026

Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic (KOC) will partner with Prisma Health to host a multi-faceted coaching conference offering free sports medicine training and insight for local coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare professionals who work with student-athletes.

Students Can Now Book Summer Tristar Reads
May 26, 2026

Tennesseans for Student Success (TSS) is excited to once again open the registration portal for parents to sign their children up to compete in Tristar Reads.

On July 18th, Tennessee’s Lynnville Blackberry Festival gets underway as one of the sweetest events of the summer in the state.

My Cancer Diagnosis Changed My Life. Yours Doesn’t Have To
By Michael Holtz
June 9, 2026

Nothing is harder than cancer – especially when you don’t see it coming. I was 43 when I was diagnosed with stage-3b colorectal cancer. The date was March 27, 2012, five days after my birthday.

ELFI Offers New Private Student Loan Alternative
May 21, 2026

ELFI, a division of SouthEast Bank, has launched EdMed, a new private student loan program designed specifically for medical and healthcare professionals.

Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction has been overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court, and with renewed attention on the case, Alcatraz East Crime Museum is opening a new temporary exhibit.

Swimming, camp, and many ways to play: it must be summer in Knoxville! The City’s Parks and Recreation Department goes into high gear this Memorial Day weekend.

Stephanie Brewer Cook is retiring as the City of Knoxville’s ADA Coordinator after 29 years of advocacy. Cook, who retires June 30, agrees that Knoxville has come a long way since she started with the City in the late 1990s.

Covenant Health celebrated graduates of its Project SEARCH initiative,  a hands-on, transition-to-work program for individuals with developmental disabilities

Children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) across Tennessee are waiting, not just for placement, but for a place to belong.

"As a child, I remember looking at our May Plant of the Month and wondering if it was where string beans came from. My dad always called it a cigartree because he and his buddies pretended the seed pods were cigars. The tree in question is our native Catalpa."

Ramblin’ Joe’s Coffee is turning its passion for great coffee into meaningful community action this April with a two-part initiative focused on environmental stewardship and sustainable habits.