Tue
Mar 4 2025
09:29 am
By: Mark Harmon
If you can get past the paywall, check out my guest column in the KNS.
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Discussing:
- Confusion at the Alcoa South Plant (1 reply)
- Tennessee: great for business, not so great place to live (1 reply)
- Marsha & China (4 replies)
- AI bubble burst? (2 replies)
- Tennessee paying $637 million over 5 years for voucher software program (2 replies)
- UT paying $2 million to fired professor? (2 replies)
- A bear in Alcoa (1 reply)
- Here are some good Presidents (1 reply)
- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (3 replies)
- Happy 250th, pfft (2 replies)
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (3 replies)
- Are Chat bots a waste of time? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Taco Bell removing lettuce nationwide linked to cyclosporiasis in 5 states (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee District 5 candidates vie for constituents spread across the state’s extremes (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: It’s not debatable, Blackburn shifting for money (TN Lookout)
- Rose primarily self-funding as Blackburn leads governors candidates in donations made by Tennesseans (TN Lookout)
- House Dem Leader Jeffries hammers Trump, asks for teachers union help in midterms (TN Lookout)
- Trump cites potential hack of US elections in speech slammed for stoking voter fears (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Baseball beckons as summer slides away (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | July 17-19 (Knox TN Today)
- Coming Monday: Faith Along the Way (Knox TN Today)
- Jennifer Aniston Inspired Salad (Knox TN Today)
- Karns builds a stage + New launch on Beaver Creek + Farmer Finn + Jason Maxedon ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Tiny faces, bright futures: Red Panda cubs reach another milestone (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington: Summer blooms along Little River Trail (Knox TN Today)
- Food City offers exclusive deal for Paula Deen’s Lumberjack Feud (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Knox the Fox shares recent trip with friends (Knox TN Today)
- Climate technology innovations continue (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene: Newsies Jr. to Grooves in the Garden (Knox TN Today)
- Rosebay Rhododendron adorns the new Linville Falls Connector Trail (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Daily storm chances continue (WATE)
- Knoxville Weather: Daily thunderstorm chances through weekend (WATE)
- Blount County moves to buy Alcoa South Plant amid contamination concerns (WATE)
- Fatal crash on Maynardville Pike under investigation by THP (WATE)
- Knoxville teen undergoes gene therapy for sickle cell disease, giving family new hope (WATE)
- Blount County school board member resigns, setting up special election (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Vols likely to get pegged in the middle of SEC pack again at media days - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ‘We hope people change their mindset about animals.’ Notable quotes from a week of Chattanooga area news - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Panthers, Pirates, area’s small-school programs face big questions - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Construction - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- U.S. strikes Iran after 2 service members killed, 1 missing in attack on Jordan base - The Washington Post (US News)
- Tate brothers arrested in Miami as UK adds rape, trafficking charges - Al Jazeera (US News)
- NYC weather: Storms start to exit but downpour risks remain; air quality to improve | Live updates - ABC7 New York (US News)
- Taylor Farms lettuce sample tests positive for Cyclospora as recall expands - Fox Business (Business)
- The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime - WSJ (Business)
- ICE officer connected to fatal Maine shooting suffered 2021 head injury, which he said had left him with ‘cognitive deficits’ - CNN (US News)
- Nolan Wells Not First Person to Drown Off Horn Island Coast, Local Says - TMZ (US News)
- Rep. Ralph Norman launches campaign to replace Lindsey Graham in Senate race - NBC News (US News)
- Shuttered ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ leaves complicated legacy in Florida - Politico (US News)
- Two unexpected revelations in Warren Buffett's CNBC interview - CNBC (Business)
- Where Wildfire Smoke Remains—And What To Do About It - Forbes (US News)
- Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fastest feed of U.S. president's posts, sources say - CNBC (Business)
- SpaceX targets next week for another Starship launch attempt as shares slide on abort - Reuters (Business)
- Pillsbury recalls 2 bread products over potential glass contamination - WANE 15 (Business)
- 'It's in no man's land': What Wall Street is saying about Netflix's big miss - Yahoo Finance (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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