by design | Aug 31, 2017 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, for the Labor Day holiday, but the city’s hauling contractor, Waste Connections, will run its regular residential garbage and recycling routes, so pickup days will not change next week. Downtown...
by design | Aug 30, 2017 | The Daily Focus
City Council Candidate Harry Tindell, Loudon Co Democratic Party Chairman Larry Best, and State Rep Candidate Zach Houk Will Be This Month’s Guests The East Tennessee Libertarian Party (ETNLP) will host its 14th monthly meeting on Thursday, August 31 at Quaker Steak...
by design | Aug 30, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Knox County high school students who took the 2016-17 TNReady end-of-course exams performed better than the state in all four subject areas and on each end-of-course (EOC) exam. The four subject areas tested are U.S. History, Math, Science and English. The EOC...
by design | Aug 30, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Colleges and Universities in 16 States Awarded Funding Through Economic Development Competition WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has announced the grantees under the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) 2017 University Center...
by design | Aug 30, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Staff from the Metropolitan Planning Commission recently completed draft cell tower ordinances for the City of Knoxville and Knox County. A public workshop will be held on August 31, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cansler Family YMCA, located at 616 Jessamine Street. Staff...
by design | Aug 29, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The latest lab report has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex mosquitoes in the South Chapman Highway area of South Knox County and the West Hills area of West Knoxville. Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol, the...
