Board of Health Meeting 1/13/2021
The meeting began with the public forum, which included the following speakers. Robert Weed: Owner of Just One More Bar and Grill spoke against the the 10 pm curfew and said it limits the rights of...
COVID-19: 1/13/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS)
Welcome to the middle of the week. It’s hard to deny the political cloud hanging over the country in the wake of last week’s attack on the capitol, this week’s impeachment activity and the threats of...
Vida Opens at 531 South Gay Street
Vida, the most recent restaurant by Lori and Jim Klonaris offers an oasis of elegance on the bottom floor of the historic Holston Building at 531 South Gay Street. The space, which has been vacant for...
COVID-19: 1/12/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
I hope everyone is doing well as we work our way through the first full work week of the year for many people. Work has been a theme for the last year. For some it has...
COVID-19: 1/11/2021 Update (Including International, National, State, Local and KCS)
Welcome to a fresh week. Here’s hoping we can get through this one without an event that arrests our attention in front of a television. Wouldn’t it be nice to say, “Not much,” when asked what...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/10 – 1/19/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 1/8/2021 Update (State, Local and Knox County Schools)
I hope you are safe, warm, and dry on this wet and cold day in January. Maybe we’ll see some snow as the day goes along. It’s been another strange and interesting week. The kids went...
Autonomous Water Taxis Coming to Knoxville’s Tennessee River?
Buffalo Automation, a company founded in 2015 in Buffalo, New York, is exploring the opportunity to launch the world’s first automated water taxi — a self driving boat — on the Tennessee River at Volunteer Landing....
COVID-19: 1/7/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
There certainly is a powerful commentary in the fact that more people in the U.S. died of COVID-19 yesterday than any day since the beginning of the pandemic and it was not the lead story of...
Welcome to the New Website You Made Possible
Good morning, and welcome to the new website! Several months ago I offered you the opportunity to support this page if you valued the content. Many, many of you did. So many that there was no...