by design | Nov 9, 2017 | The Daily Focus
tnAchieves, a partnering organization to Governor Haslam’s TN Promise, is recruiting mentors to work with more than 60,000 TN Promise scholars from the graduating Class of 2018. Mentors spend about one hour per month working with a group of students to help...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Nationally Renowned Azalea Expert Don Hyatt to Speak KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Gardens is hosting a half-day symposium on Saturday, November 11, on how to grow and use azaleas in the landscape. The featured speaker will be Don Hyatt, a national...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Thanksgiving is a time when many of us reconnect with family members and share stories. At the Tennessee State Library and Archives, families can also explore stories of their relatives who lived generations ago. On the Saturday after...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods Knoxville’s 92nd annual Veterans Day Parade will honor the service of U.S. military veterans in downtown Knoxville on the morning of Friday, Nov. 10. The parade will line up in the eastbound lanes...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The East Tennessee Historical Society invites all veterans and active duty military to visit the Museum of East Tennessee History as our guests on Friday, November 10, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. for the Veterans Day Parade, and on Veterans Day, Saturday,...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
In support of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley’s (HSTV) Heroes and Hounds Program, Archangel Custom Ink will be offering select animal tattoos for only $50, starting on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, until November 30th. In addition, the tattoo shop...
by design | Nov 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
November 28, 2017 From 5-7 p.m. Commissioner Carson Dailey and School Board member Amber Rountree will be meeting with the citizen’s of the 9th district at Gap Creek Market, 2138 Kimberlin Heights Road. Everyone is welcome to meet with your...
by design | Nov 7, 2017 | The Daily Focus
~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods Vice Mayor Duane Grieve, who represents Council District 2 in west Knoxville, will offer several amendments to the proposed short-term rental (STR) ordinance at tonight’s meeting of Knoxville City Council....
by design | Nov 7, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville’s Save Our Sons (SOS) initiative is hosting a job fair focused on helping ex-offenders find jobs, receive help building their resumes, connect to educational programs, and get assistance with background checks and record expungement. The...
by design | Nov 7, 2017 | The Daily Focus
CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS City voters will elect five new members to the nine-member Knoxville City Council in 2017. Candidates will be running for open seats in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Districts. NOTE: In the Nov. 7 general election, ALL registered City of...
