Smart Trips opens program to all types of trips

In 2017, Smart Trips is opening the program to include all types of alternative commutes. Started in 2002, Smart Trips is a free online program that rewards people for driving less by providing incentives for people to carpool, vanpool, bike, walk, take transit,...

MPC to Expand Edgewood-Park City Historic District

  The Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) will hold a meeting to discuss the boundaries for the proposed expansion to the existing Edgewood-Park City Historic District (H-1 Zoning Overlay). The purpose of this meeting is to answer questions and...

Haslam announces IMPROVE Act

Joined by mayors from across the state and leaders in the manufacturing and trucking industries, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced a comprehensive and strategic plan to cut taxes on food and manufacturing while updating how the state provides Tennesseans the...

Upcoming Knox County party meetings

The Powell Republican Club will meet Thursday at Shoney’s, 343 East Emory Road in Powell. Dinner is at 6:30, meeting at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Chancellor Clarence E. Pridemore, Jr. The Knox County GOP will hold the 58th Presidential Inauguration Chili Supper on...