by design | Oct 14, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from the East Knoxville Business & Professional Association This month, we’re gathering at one of East Knoxville’s historic treasures, Mabry-Hazen House, for a morning of networking, community connection, and conversation. We’re excited to...
by design | Oct 13, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Bike Walk Knoxville Bike Walk Knoxville, a local nonprofit organization working to make the Knoxville region a better place to bike and walk for people of all ages, abilities, and background, is thrilled to announce an upcoming Walk with Elected Officials on...
by design | Oct 12, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Words are our tools of communication. JVF I don’t know how I became interested in words. My teachers would certainly attest to the fact that my efforts in English education were at best perfunctory (an action carried out with minimum effort). I...
by design | Oct 12, 2026 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan Let’s say you are having a phone call with a contractor about work that went badly, or perhaps you are meeting with your child’s other parent and you are worried that the conversation will later be described very differently. Can you pull out your...
by design | Oct 12, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi It is the Third Saturday in October, and you know what that means! Alabama Hate Week. One of southern football’s greatest rivalries will be renewed on Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium as Tennessee hosts Alabama. And in a neat nod to history,...