Juneteenth Activities in Knoxville

Juneteenth Activities in Knoxville City offices will be closed Monday, June 19, and City employees will have the day off. City Council voted in 2022 to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday. Juneteenth National Independence Day, the newest federal holiday, commemorates the...

City Closes for Juneteenth

City Closes for Juneteenth City of Knoxville offices will be closed on Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth, and that includes the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment. Waste Connections will run its normal residential garbage and recycling routes on that day....

Wither the Country?

Wither the Country? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I’ve always been an optimist with regards to the country. Even though we sometimes make mistakes with whom we elect president, those mistakes seldom took us down a path that threatens...