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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, ...

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 ...

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 Substance Abuse Prevention Action Team is providing a free training opportunity for off-premise alcohol retailers on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The training will cover a broad range of topics to assist retailers in responsible practices to reduce underage ...

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, ...

The Maryville Branch of the American Association of University Women will host a drop-in, come-and-go, mingle reception event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, at Willard House on the Maryville College campus.

Football is big in Blount County, and several local businesses would like to remind their customers and patrons that after every Friday night, they have another “hometown team” to root for on Saturday. The team’s colors are orange and garnet, ...

Blount County commissioner Jerome Moon is set to become the new chair of the Blount County commission and commissioner Holden Lail will be the commission Pro Tempore. Commissioners at the Sept. 6 Agenda meeting voted 18-0 (with 3 commissioners absent) ...

A slowing real estate market has led to layoffs in the Blount Count Property Assessors office. Mike Morton, Blount County property assessor, said that he has implemented budget reductions that began on July 1 for the 2011-12 budget cycle. Morton ...

A leaking roof at the Blount County Justice Center Monday night left the General Sessions Court Clerk’s office with water damage and forced personnel to share space with the Circuit Court Clerk’s office for several days this week. Circuit Court ...

He was the wise counselor, serving a city he grew up in, loved and helped shape. Attorneys, judges, councilmen and mayors -- he served four of them -- found a learned city attorney in Maryville to help them govern. When ...

Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, has suspended new admissions of residents to Colonial Hills Nursing Center effective Aug. 29, 2011, and imposed a one-time state civil monetary penalty of $6,000. The federal civil penalty has ...

Harmony Adoptions is celebrating today after learning the Pilot Corporation is donating $100,000 to Harmony Adoptions for the Harmony Family Center at Montvale. Founder Pam Wolf said the funds will go toward programming. “We are so excited to let you ...

The line of friends wanting to show their respects to the family of Joe Ingram started an hour before the appointed time and wound around inside Smith Mortuary in a final tribute to the longtime Blount County businessman and community ...

There’s gas in the hills, and a host of folks turned out Friday to celebrate it. More than 50 people were on hand to cut the ribbon on a gas recovery and power generation system at the Maryville Alcoa Blount ...