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Road work impacting East Tennessee drivers this weekend
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As the closure of the Gay Street bridge continues, WATE’s Bo Williams has what drivers across East Tennessee need to be aware of this weekend. The Gay Street Bridge has been closed since June 25. On Wednesday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the City of Knoxville said they are waiting […]
Word from the Smokies: Park program welcomes people with disabilities into the backcountry
Growing up, Blount County native Carly Pearson considered time outdoors a way of life. When she wasn’t exploring the stunningly diverse landscape of nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she was giving it her all on the soccer field. In adulthood, she became a wildland firefighter for the National Park Service.
Leadership Blount County presents Class of 2025
When Leadership Blount County was formed in 1990, community leadership programming in America was a relatively new concept. Unlike corporate management training, the idea of training nearly 40 individuals about every aspect of the community in order to build involvement was a novel idea in Blount County. Blount County and its needs have changed over the last decades, Leadership Blount has aspired to meet those needs through its programming. After...
Blount commission rejects schools' budget amendment
Parts of Blount County Schools’ general purpose budget for the current fiscal year are uncertain after the county commission Thursday, July 18, rejected the district’s newest spending proposal. The Blount County Board of Commissioners voted 10-5 against accepting an amendment to the schools’ budget during a meeting Thursday. Several commissioners abstained from the vote. The schools’ amendment would have cut over $500,000 from the $127.7 million allocation county commissioners approved...
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