KCHD, East Tennessee Wellness Roundtable partner to recognize healthy worksites
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) and East Tennessee Wellness Roundtable (ETWR) recognized five employers with gold status for exemplifying excellence in worksite wellness.
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Green Industry Field Day set for June 25
Landscape professionals, nursery growers and garden center operators should plan to attend the 2019 Tennessee Green Industry Field Day on June 25 in Knoxville.
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Sundress Academy for the Arts to host writing retreat for survival, healing
Sundress Academy for the Arts will host its third annual generative writing retreat celebrating survival and healing on July 6-7, 2019.
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Summit Medical Group achieves measurable success in diabetes management, excellence in patient care
By Lauren Miller

Summit Medical Group has achieved measurable success in patients undergoing diabetes management as determined by a substantial increase in Healthy Days, according to a review by Humana’s Bold Goal population health strategy.
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East Tennessee Historical Society to host Junior Historian Summer Camp
Children ages 9-13 are invited to join the East Tennessee Historical Society for a week-long adventure into the past!
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“To Mars and Beyond” VBS coming to Farragut
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First Farragut to welcome new pastor
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New website offers everything horticulture for Tennessee gardeners
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National Park visitor spending contributes $40 billion to U.S. economy
By Jeaneane Payne

As the summer vacation and travel season opens, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2018 resulted in a $40.1 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 329,000 jobs.
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UTIA names Tennessee Farmer of the Year

A 1976 graduate of the Department of Plant Sciences within the UT Institute of Agriculture, named Tennessee Farmer of the Year. He grew up one generation removed from farming. “My father did not farm, but my grandfather had a farm. His farm was small and he was only a part-time farmer, but I enjoyed working with my grandfather on his farm.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park announces spring opening schedule

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials finalized the 2019 spring opening schedule for park facilities. Most campgrounds, picnic areas, and roads are now open. The remainder of the facilities will open between now and Memorial Day weekend in preparation for the busy summer season.
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TVA campgrounds open for season

KNOXVILLE - Spring has arrived and the Tennessee Valley Authority’s seasonal campgrounds are ready and waiting for visitors to return to the outdoors. The 2019 camping season opened Friday, March 15, and runs through Nov. 15.
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TVA visitor centers open for season

KNOXVILLE – Spring has officially arrived and the Tennessee Valley Authority opened visitor centers at its first dam, its tallest dam, its longest dam, its pumped storage facility and several other facilities around the Tennessee Valley.
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Breakfast from the Backyard: Home Poultry Ownership Fosters Closer Connection to our Food
We can all agree – food should taste good, but for a growing number of people, there’s more to the story. Where did the food come from? How was it grown or raised?
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12 Step programs freed me from addiction
By Paul Emile

Like all human beings, I’ve experienced my share of pain, and suffered considerably. I was born into a violent, alcoholic home. When the clock struck six, and my father wasn’t home yet, I knew there was going to be hell to pay that night.
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Book by Tennessee author raises sex trafficking awareness
Author Nicole Lynn Synder, breaks into the book market with The Yellow Door, which follows the story of a teenage girl, Hope, who is kidnapped and thrust into a sex trafficking ring.
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ER Doctor’s ‘Home Alive: 11 MUST Steps for Surviving Encounters with the Police’ book second edition released
Washington, D.C. – Imagine this: your 16-year-old son asks to borrow the family car for an evening out with his friends. You hand him the keys, reminding him not to speed and about his curfew before midnight. 12:15 comes and goes … 12:30 passes also … 1:00 a.m. arrives and still no word from him.
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