COVID-19: 7/21/2020 Update
Good Tuesday. Hopefully, you made it out of Monday without too many scars. Maybe today will bring you a little hope or uplift. Maybe you could be that little bit of hope or uplift for someone...
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COVID-19 Update: 7.20.2020 (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to another week. I hope you had a restful weekend and found some joy along the way. I learned that sealioning is what I’ve experienced on social media all spring. Who knew there was a...
COVID-19: 7/17/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
It’s Friday! I hope you make that mean something good in your world. I have realized that I have no concept of how many people are working a regular work week at this point, or how...
COVID-19: 7/16/2020 Update
After five hours or so of meetings last night, it would be a good moment for the news to slow down. Unfortunately, a moment without a new cause for alarm seems so 2019, doesn’t it? We’re...
Board Meetings: Knox County School Board Adopts Plan for Schools
Amid a charged atmosphere, with protesters for each side of the re-opening issue standing outside and social distancing enforced inside, the school board met to discuss the superintendent’s plan for re-opening schools. I’ll confess to having...
Board Meetings: Board of Health Discusses Knox County and Regional Situation
Two meetings held at once. The Board of Health Meeting and the School Board Meeting would each have accumulated very little interest among most of us six months ago. That is so early 2020. Now they...
COVID-19: 7/15/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Today promises to be an information-filled day. By the time you read this, the health department will have updated their benchmark information, including the hospitalization information so many have asked about. Tonight, the Board of Health...
COVID-19: 7/14/2020 Update
As we move through our week, there’s a lot going on. Big meetings loom tomorrow, with the School Board and the Board of Health each facing difficult decisions that will potentially impact us all. On a...
COVID-19: 7/13/2020 Update (Plus Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to another week. I hope you each had a chance to get away from the news for a bit. There’s been a lot to absorb for a long time and it looks to keep coming...
COVID-19: 7/10/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the weekend. I wish the news was better. Please spend some time taking care of yourself and your family. I hope you find some joy and rest. Please do so safely. International News: There...