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The Knoxville Focus for October 21, 2024 | The Knoxville Focus
Nov 4, 2024 · Last week, the Knoxville City Council considered direct funding of $450,000 for another year of Turn Up Knox’s services. But the funding agreement resolution saw some criticism from Councilwoman Amelia Parker. Speaking for the funding was Vincent Jones Jr., who credited Turn Up Knox with saving lives by being directly involved in situations.
The Knoxville Focus for November 4, 2024 | The Knoxville Focus
Nov 4, 2024 · There are 336,151 registered voters in Knox County. Knox County Elections Administrator Chris Davis thanked the poll workers and the voters, noting the huge turnout. Voters cast votes for their choice of U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Tennessee Senate and House candidates. Knoxville City voters also answered “Yes or No” on two ...
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The Knoxville Focus for November 4, 2024. by design | Nov 3, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus: Early voting up over 10K By Mike Steely Senior Writer [email protected] A total 163,303 people cast early votes during the two-week period that ended on Halloween, over 10,000 more votes than 2020’s early voting ...
The Knoxville Focus for January 15, 2024 | The Knoxville Focus
Oct 28, 2024 · Almost 80,000 new Knox County residents are expected over the next 20 years. The need for new housing, the development of farmland for housing, and how and where those changes will be planned are part of the Advance Knox Growth Plan. That initial plan passed a split vote Wednesday in the fourth ...
The Knoxville Focus for August 26, 2024 | The Knoxville Focus
Oct 28, 2024 · Legacy Parks Foundation and Knox County opened a new child-focused park and dog park in Powell on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Angora Frog Farm and Dog Park sits on 14 acres of land donated in 2020 to Legacy Parks by Arvin and Sabra Brown. The Brown family did not only donate the land for the park, but they also shared the family’s legacy of telling ...
The Knoxville Focus for May 1, 2023 | The Knoxville Focus
Oct 21, 2024 · The total proposed budget is $559,516,800, which is $6,250,180 or 1.1% above the current city budget, and Kincannon stressed the need for more affordable housing, more police and fire department employees, and infrastructure. “The City’s fiscal health is strong,” Mayor Kincannon said, “and that allows us to invest wisely in core ...
The Knoxville Focus for October 16, 2023 | The Knoxville Focus
Nov 4, 2024 · Lynn Redmon Park being planned. By Mike Steely. Senior Writer. [email protected]. Atop the ridge overlooking Merchant Drive are 25 acres that may become a new Knoxville park. Norwood residents want the park named for long-time community leader Lynn Redmon. That discussion came up recently in a meeting of the neighborhood association. The ...
The Knoxville Focus for July 1, 2024 | The Knoxville Focus
Oct 28, 2024 · The yearly event is held by the Knox County Trustee’s Office in order to recover delinquent tax revenue. Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs said that the 2024 Tax Sale was the biggest in Knox County as it was held in a crowded room with hundreds of potential buyers. “I’m very pleased,” Biggs said. “This tax sale is the biggest that we ...
The Knoxville Focus for May 9, 2022 | The Knoxville Focus
Sep 30, 2024 · This will be the third Red Stag campus, following the Knoxville and Salt Lake City locations, and is planned to be the largest so far with up to 4.5 million square feet of space in six warehouses to be built on its 420 acres. Jordan Mollenhour, co-founder of Red Stag’s Knoxville-based parent company Mollenhour Gross, spoke of the welcome the ...