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Roy Crawford, Sr., said he felt bad about folks having to wait in a long line at a reception in his honor, but he just couldn’t bring himself to just brush off friends he hadn’t seen in awhile. More than ...

Cornerstone of Recovery takes a holistic approach in treating patients for chemical dependency, so it’s a natural progression for the treatment center to take that same approach with its campus by moving all facilities to one location. Currently, Cornerstone operates ...

The Hearing and Speech Foundation chose halftime of the Tennessee vs. Florida football game to set their sights on their next ambitious goal. Helping “Little Listeners” gain the gift of hearing. Tennessee fans turned out Sept. 17 to support the ...

Maryville City Schools district has won the SCORE Award and $25,000 at a ceremony in Nashville.

Influenza, or flu, season is here, and the Blount County Health Department is ready to offer the vaccine to area residents. A mass flu clinic for adults age 19 and over will be held at the Blount County Health Department ...

For 21 business owners and community leaders, breakfast at the Clayton Center for the Arts Thursday morning was a great start to the day. The Blount Partnership honored 21 businesses and individuals on Sept. 15 during the 2011 Business Excellence ...

Sen. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia are two members of a group of Republican U.S. senators who are sponsoring legislation to change the No Child Left Behind law. The legislation would remove the Adequate Yearly Progress provision ...

TeamHealth is expanding and that means more jobs are coming to Alcoa. The Blount Partnership took advantage of a packed house at the Clayton Center for the Arts at the Business Excellence Awards breakfast to make the announcement. Joe Carman, ...

Ever seen a ballerina do The Swim? Amy Moore Morton has the Appalachian Ballet Company of dancers practicing not only that 1960s crazy dance, but The Twist and The Pony as well. It’s all a part of the company’s nod ...

Most adults -- and possibly a few schoolchildren -- can rattle off the names of significant figures from the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman and Stonewall Jackson spring quickly ...

The caravan of trucks was an impressive sight. Knowing that inside those trucks was food for the area’s needy made it even more impressive. Second Harvest Food Bank trucks lined up at their 20,000 square foot facility on Delaware Avenue ...

More than 50 dignitaries, business people and concerned citizens turned out Monday to cut the ribbon on the new Helen Ross McNabb Center facility near Five Points in Maryville. With 40 employees who are working at the center to serve ...

It was a picture-perfect day at Green Meadow Country Club in late July when the club’s swim team gathered for a very special celebration. This season marks the 50th anniversary of the team, and the party celebrated their history and ...

A newly-formed animal welfare group is planning to build a no-kill shelter in Friendsville. The Humane Society of East Tennessee was recently formed by Robin Granger with a stated mission and purpose of “promoting the welfare of animals, strengthening the ...

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office joined with area law enforcement recently to educate local businesses and citizens about the dangers of the designer drug “bath salts.” On Aug. 26, Sheriff James Lee Berrong, along with Alcoa Police Chief Ken Burge, ...