The state plan to extend PPE from the end at Old Knoxville Road through homes, homesteads/ farms farmland and Wetlands…..to end on E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy. Adding unnecessary traffic and congestion. -Ruth…
Suicide Awareness event, Love is the Answer
(RESCHEDULED) Sept. 2021 – The Relate and Release Suicide Awareness Night is an outdoor event at the Canvas Can Do Miracles venue at 1218 E. Magnolia Ave. in Knoxville. Due to the…
Cherokee Healthcare Mobile Unit helps eradicate mobility to quality care
EAST TENNESSEE (September 2021) – Cherokee Healthcare has put healthcare on the road with its innovative traveling Mobile Health unit. The Cherokee mobile clinic delivers quality care to those with limited access,…
Bianca Belair, WWE Superstar Visits Austin-East before Friday Smackdown at Thompson Boling Arena
Austin-East Magnet High School students were surprised with a visit from alum and WWE Champion Bianca Blair at a homecoming weekend pep rally at the school. WWE Superstar and A-E graduate Bianca…
Blount County Zoning Regulations, TDOT Meeting, Feminist Futures
Blount County Huddlers Action Advisory Rhea Morgan, Blount County Huddlers Week of September 12, 2021 ETE Politics/Local (EAST TENNESSEE) – Please note that two important local meetings are coming up….
Let’s Go! DJ Von’s Last Summer Riverboat Cruise
KNOXVILLE, TN (Sept. 2021) – If you missed the Black-Out, White-Out, Grown & Sexy, events and cruises hosted by DJ Von and Cassandra McClendon over the years, then this is your last…
Lakeshore Park New Ground Music Festival II
New Ground Music Festival II Come Catch the Wave at Lakeshore Park in Knoxville, TN on Sunday, September 12th at Lakeshore Park in West Knoxville with live performances from new and emerging…
Downtown Knox businesses hiring
College students starting a new school year and others settle into fall routines, the Downtown Knoxville Alliance has compiled a list of more than 50 hiring businesses for those seeking the flexibility…
KCDC Western Heights Housing, Beaumont Head Start Facility Groundbreaking
KCDC, community partners and stakeholders to break ground on Western Heights Head Start Facility Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), along with business and community members of the Western Heights and Beaumont…
Help with laundry expense
Laundry Love at Bluewater and Super Washhouse Need help with laundry expenses? You provide the laundry, and we’ll supply the quarters and detergent for up to 3 loads per family. Join us…
COVID Vaccination Clinics
The first and second doses of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson single doses are available at all of the following vaccine sites. No appointment is needed, participants are served in the order…
Labor Day Picnic, Worker’s Solidarity Celebration at Tyson Park
KNOXVILLE, TN (Sept. 4, 2021) – The Knoxville-Oak Ridge Central Labor Council’s Labor Day Celebration will on Monday, Sept.6, 10:30 am to 2 pm, at Tyson Park. This event is a free,…
African American Women and Suffrage in Knoxville
“A Delicate Balance: African American Women and Suffrage in Knoxville” KNOXVILLE, TN (September 2021) – National celebrations of the 2020 centennial anniversary of women gaining the right to vote were sidelined by…
Cherokee Health Honors Community, Staff during NHC Week
EAST TENNESSEE (August 2021) – The 2021 National Health Center Week (NHCW) was celebrated the week of August 8-14, in recognition of Community Health Centers (CDC) that offer healthcare services to improve…
(UPDATED) OR Scarboro Community Reunion Sept. 2-5, 2021
(UPDATED) OAK RIDGE, TN (August 23, 2021) – The Scarboro Community of Oak Ridge Tennessee is moving forward with its 2021 reunion which was postponed last year due to COVID. The four-day…
First Friday Arts & Culture at the Emporium
First Friday, September 3, from 5 – 9 pm Celebrate regional artists, new exhibitions while enjoying live music and artist demos at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Click here…
Scarboro Reunion adds COVID vaccine clinic to events
OAK RIDGE, TN (Sept. 1, 2021) – The Scarboro Community Alumni Association of Oak Ridge has added a COVID vaccine clinic to the many events of the 4-day Scarboro Unity Reunion celebration…
Blount County Meetings and Events Seek Equal Distribution of Resources
The Blount County Huddlers remind ‘everyone’ to take extra precautions when attending in-person meetings. Protect yourself, your loved ones, community. and especially our seniors and children. VACCINATE, MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCE! Ruth Holloway…
KNOX COUNTY BOE Emergency meeting
Knox County Board of Education – Special Meeting – Wednesday, September 1st – at 5pm After almost 9,000 children out sick on 8/26. This meeting will be at the Andrew Johnson…
Tuskegee NEXT, local EAA pilots offer free flights to area youth
Tuskegee NEXT is sponsoring the “Young Eagles” rally from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 28 at Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville. The event will allow 50 young…
BECK RACIAL JUSTICE TOWNHALL: Knoxville Red Summer Race Riot August 1919
The BECK RACIAL JUSTICE TOWNHALL Series XIV at 4 pm, Friday, August 27, via ZOOM, will be on the nation’s Red Summer and the 2-days of racial violence that erupted in Knoxville…
Community Healing Fund Informational Meeting
KNXOVILLE, TN (August 23, 2021) – The United Way of Greater Knoxville is hosting an informational meeting and mixer for interested Black-led and non-profit organizations serving disenfranchised communities in Knox County. The…
First Meeting of Black Equity Task Force Scheduled
The mission of the African-American Equity Restoration Task Force is to create pathways to return some of the hard-earned well-established Black wealth that was taken through centuries of urban renewal projects. CAPTION:…
Comcast Expands High-Speed Internet Services in More East Tennessee Markets
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – August 23, 2021 – Comcast announced today it has launched several new high-speed internet service tiers, including one that will deliver speeds faster than one gigabit-per-second to residential and…
TNDP Launch Statewide Build Back Blue Initiative
“Under Bill Lee’s leadership and the GOP supermajority: more than half a dozen rural hospitals have closed, unemployment reached an all time high in Tennessee, and student proficiencies reached an all time…