About KnoxViews
KnoxViews is a progressive, community driven citizen media site for residents of Knoxville and surrounding communities to report and discuss local, regional and state news about government and politics, current events and culture.
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- A message to our Republican family members and friends (1 reply)
- Don't get scammed. Don't respond to emails, texts, phone calls. (4 replies)
- Trump versus Harris has echoes Roy Cohn versus John Henry Faulk (1 reply)
- Grief and anger mix as Tennessee plastic plant survivors say permission to leave came too late (5 replies)
- Medicare [drug plan] changes for 2025 (2 replies)
- “There are places that are designated floodplains that never flood” (4 replies)
- 50+ people stranded on top of Unicoi County Hospital, Erwin, TN (7 replies)
- Knox Area survey Re Climate Pollution Reduction (1 reply)
- Burchett: have gun will campaign (1 reply)
- Dozens of threats made against Knox County Schools. Students afraid. (7 replies)
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TN Politics
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- State penalized private prison operator $29.5M since 2022 for contract shortfalls (TN Lookout)
- Foreign policy: Where do Harris and Trump stand? (TN Lookout)
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Knox TN Today
- ‘Straightening our crowns’ (Knox TN Today)
- Gators in the way of Vols’ recovery (Knox TN Today)
- Cedar Lake re-set (Knox TN Today)
- Fulton Bellows building brings $13.5 million (Knox TN Today)
- KPD honors 6 civilians as top 2024 employees (Knox TN Today)
- ‘The hands and feet’: FCPC sends trucks to Greeneville (Knox TN Today)
- Knoxville Charter: Vote on future council representation (Knox TN Today)
- Smoky Mountain Hiking Club celebrates 100 years (Knox TN Today)
- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra celebrates 25 years (Knox TN Today)
- Massey on roads + who’s on your ballot? (Knox TN Today)
- Stargazing at Marble Springs on Saturday (Knox TN Today)
- Marble City Opera presents ‘driving while black’ (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- A cool start ... then sunny and pleasant again Friday! (WBIR)
- Knoxville Catholic hosts Brentwood Academy in Rivalry Thursday showdown (WATE)
- Chattanooga Police arrest man after threats to Sweetwater Hospital (WATE)
- 'You don't want to die, so swim' 80-year-old swam to safety through flood waters (WATE)
- Officials draft plan to begin debris removal across Cocke County (WATE)
- Woman turns her Newport coffee shop into volunteer coordination center for flood relief (WATE)
- Loudon County School Board to join 'mass action' lawsuit over insulin prices (WATE)
- Knoxville man accused of committing two downtown killings on the same morning to stand trial (WBIR)
- TDOT reopens section of I-26 for local traffic; commercial vehicles and thru-traffic still restricted (WBIR)
- Hartford businesses working to rebuild after devastating flooding from Hurricane Helene (WBIR)
- Reba's new NBC sitcom 'Happy's Place' will be set in Knoxville (WBIR)
- 'She was a Godly woman' | Family remembers flood victim after Hurricane Helene brought historic flooding in Unicoi Co. (WBIR)
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State News
- Opinion: Return Martin to District 26 state House seat - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
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Wire Reports
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- Coast Guard rescues man off Longboat Key following Hurricane Milton - U.S. Coast Guard (US News)
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- Wall Street ends slightly lower after higher than expected inflation, jobless claims - Reuters (Business)
- Hurricane Milton leaves Florida behind as at least 11 deaths reported - Orlando Sentinel (US News)
- Biden tells Trump 'get a life' over hurricane misinformation - ABC News (US News)
- TD Bank hit with record $3 billion fine over drug cartel money laundering - CNN (Business)
- What food items saw the largest price hikes and declines in September? - Fox Business (Business)
- How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? Back-to-back disasters - CNN (US News)
- Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees - Military.com (Business)
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