Downtown Knoxville Top Ten Articles for 2020
In a year dominated by a pandemic, you might expect the top ten stories to be related and, arguably, six of them are. This was a tough year and there is no way to sugarcoat it....
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COVID-19: 12/29/2020 Update (State, Local and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
It’s that time of year when we’re usually moving from the sparkling lights of Christmas to the champagne and fireworks of a new year. This year feels more like moving from the dread of a virus...
Downtown Knoxville 2020 Year in Review (Do We Really Want To?)
Summing up a year is always a challenge, but what to do with one like this? There was good news and bad news, lots of spirited conversation, and more readership than ever. But mostly there was...
COVID-19: 12/28/2020 Update (International, National, State and Local)
I hope you had a wonderful few days of quiet and peaceful reflection. This must be the strangest Christmas we’ve collectively ever had, and New Year’s will be no different. We are entering a new era...
COVID-19: 12/23/2020 Update (State and Local)
I’m going to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmastime with this article. I’ll have a second group of holiday windows tomorrow morning and then I’ll take off until Monday (with the exception of the...
COVID-19: 12/22/2020 Update (State and Local)
As we move through another week, the news continues hot and heavy on the COVID-19 front. Still, there are other things happening and a lot of them are exciting. I’ll keep covering those as much as...
COVID-19: 12/21/2020 Update (International, National, State and Local)
As is the case with increasing numbers of us, I have another friend who is in the hospital. I’ll think of him and send healing thoughts as I write these words. Here’s hoping all of those...
COVID-19: 12/18/2020 Update (State, Local and KCS)
Happy Friday! It’s Keith Richard’s birthday. Maybe we should be researching his blood for vaccine possibilities? Meanwhile, local musician and general fine human, Mike McGill has his 8th Annual Mike McGill Christmas Spectacular tonight starting at...
COVID-19: 12/17/2020 Update (State, Local, KCS and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Do you know that the city sparkles when it is wet? The reflections of the lights off the wet street double the delight. It is especially true at Christmas, with more lights than usual strung in...
Board of Health Requests the Governor put in Place a Mask Mandate
The regularly scheduled Knox County Board of Health meeting was held yesterday with two items of high interest on the agenda, both framed as requests to the governor. Before the meeting, one was withdrawn (that the...