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Marian Westerling, the American Cancer Society senior development manager responsible for the Blount County Relay for Life, submitted her resignation on Tuesday citing health and personal reasons. She also staffed Downtown Knoxville and West Knoxville relay events. “My last day ...

Leadership Blount has named Rick Shepard, City President of United Community Bank, as the 2010 recipient of its Community Leadership Award. Instituted in 2000, the Community Leadership Award recognizes individuals whose sustained actions and leadership reflect Leadership Blount’s commitment to ...

Blount Today has added online obituaries as an additional service to readers. The website can be found at www.blounttoday.com. Tessa Bright Wildsmith, lead graphic designer, said the obituaries are online only. “It is one of those community services that we ...

The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority has a contract to buy the former Delmar Haynes auto dealership property on Alcoa Highway for more than $5 million and intends to raze the dealership buildings, which sit at the edge of a McGhee ...

A local artist and a local bookstore owner are joining together to help raise money for two elementary school libraries that are in need of financial support. Lisa Misosky, owner of Southland Books in Maryville, and local philanthropic artist Ra ...

On Monday morning, March 8, when school buses rolled out for their appointed rounds in Maryville and Blount County, there was something new on the sides of the buses. Maryville businessman Steve Stilts is hoping people take notice. Stilts, along ...

Who would’ve thought a Leadership Blount summit on healthcare would end up focusing on how to cure sick communities. That’s what happened when Dr. John McKnight of Northwestern University explained the connection between public health and a community’s ability to ...

The director of the food bag distribution organization Manna from Heaven stepped down on Tuesday, March 9, citing health reasons. Stephanie Stieler, 49, said she has been director of the organization since she formed it in California 13 years ago, ...

It is not unusual for Lamar Alexander to come home…to his home in the mountains, his hometown of Maryville, to friends and family here. However, on March 27, when Senator Alexander comes to the Clayton Center for the Arts for ...

The Budget Committee of the Blount County Commission picked a financial advisor during their meeting Monday night. The firm must be approved by the full commission on Thursday, March 18, finance director Stephen Jennings said. “They are the PFM Group. ...

United Way of Blount County is accepting 2010 Venture Grant applications for programs addressing financial stability. Venture Grants are a one year/one time funding opportunity. Additionally, funding is available to address transportation for at-risk dialysis patients.

The Maryville Arts Coalition, a partner with Earth Round Up, is presenting the 2nd Annual Juried Outdoor ECO-Sculpture Exhibition and Competition. Deadline is midnight on Monday, March 15, to enter. A non-refundable entry fee of $25 for up to three ...

Imagine a train line from Knoxville to Blount County, carrying people from the airport and the new Alcoa downtown center to Knoxville in a matter of minutes. That’s a vision former Knoxville city councilman Joe Hultquist painted for members of ...

The Community Food Connection of Blount County will soon have room to grow and places to park. Bill Phillips, a former Maryville High School teacher/coach turned developer, donated a 2,000 square foot space to the non-profit that organizers said should ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now recruiting rising 8th grade girls for the second summer Girls in Science Camp at its environmental residential center, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont located near Townsend, Tenn. The camp is made possible ...