Early Voting starts today

~ from Knox County Election Commission Early Voting for the 2022 Federal/State Primary, Knox County General, and Town of Farragut Municipal Elections begins Friday, July 15th at ten locations across Knox County. LOCATIONS Carter Senior Center City County Building...

Early voting for the Aug. 4 election starts Friday

Tennessee’s generous early voting period for the Aug. 4 State and Federal Primary & State and County General Election begins this Friday, July 15, and runs Monday to Saturday until Saturday, July 30. “More Tennessee voters take advantage of the convenience and...

Biden Blames Everybody But Himself

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com President Biden a few days ago blamed high gas prices on everyone but himself, and he has done this repeatedly over the last few months His latest attack was on those who own gas stations and another blast blaming it on...

I like Elon Musk

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I like Elon Musk. I appreciate his genius from his pioneering work with Tesla -daring to start an electric car company when none of the basic fundamentals made sense – to rescuing America’s space program...

Recovering

Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down, the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed, what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us in the act of sickness…...

Which Way to the Smoky Mountains?

By Ralphine Major “Bring your camera!” he shouted.  “There’s a bear out here!” “A bear?” I questioned.  This was the first-ever sighting of a bear at our place, though it is highly possible bears have been in our area before.  But we have never seen one. Our schedule...