by design | Feb 15, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Deadline Approaching to Reserve Trees for Tennessee Tree Day The deadline to order bare-root tree seedlings in support of Tennessee Tree Day is Sunday, Feb. 26. The Knox County Stormwater Division’s pickup site will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at UT Botanical Gardens...
by design | Feb 14, 2023 | The Daily Focus
RAM’s FREE 2-day Clinic set for This Weekend Free dental, vision and medical services coming to Oak Ridge, Tenn. Remote Area Medical – RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need – will...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Oracle Who Names is at it again proclaiming that henceforth illegal aliens be referred to as “migrants.” Interestingly all media have bent on one knee to comply including the “conservative” press. It...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com We are lucky to have a good local radio station like 98.7 WOKI with its all-star roster of outstanding hosts. Its host and co-hosts seem to care about East Tennessee and its people, and they help keep us informed and...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Taking the Benton Loop By Mike Steely Getting out in the winter with the family can be inexpensive if you just take a ride and visit some of the most interesting places in our region. Polk County, southeast of Knoxville, is one of the more rural parts of East...