by design | Jul 19, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Starting with the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 19, Knoxville City Council meetings will begin at 6 p.m. rather than 7 p.m. And the monthly meetings of Council’s Beer Board will begin at 5 p.m. rather than 6 p.m. Vice Mayor Duane Grieve,...
by design | Jul 19, 2016 | The Daily Focus
City Public Service crews have extended brush collection hours to 6 p.m. this week in order to accommodate residences with unusually large volumes of brush caused by last week’s storms. “Much like winter weather response services, we’ve extended crew...
by design | Jul 18, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Federal funding would be used to expand treatment for opioid use disorders The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is optimistic it will receive as much as $24 million dollars over the next two years to expand treatment options for...
by design | Jul 17, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Parks and Recreation’s new summer concert series, Third Thursday Concerts at New Harvest Park, continues on Thursday, July 21 with country music singer Mae Beth Harris at 6:30 p.m. and folk singer-songwriter Shane at 7:30 p.m. The free concerts,...
by design | Jul 16, 2016 | The Daily Focus
“The Use of Medicinal Plants in Southern Appalachia” will be the next presentation in the Southern Appalachian Studies series at the Blount County Public Library. Anthony Cavender, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at ETSU, will give the presentation on...
by design | Jul 15, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Inskip Pool will be closed today and probably tomorrow (Friday, July 15, and Saturday, July 16) due to a damaged pool motor from Thursday’s storm-related power outage. An outside contractor is currently repairing the motor. Joe Walsh, the City Parks and...