East Tennessee-based executive coach Paul Boyles is hosting a second annual installment of Live2Lead, a national leadership simulcast, on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Hilton Knoxville Airport in Alcoa. Live2Lead …

The legend goes that it started from the trunk of a car. In 1956, McGhee Tyson was still an active-duty Air Force base, Blount County was largely rural, and the …

Tennessee set an all-time record for new business filings in the first quarter of 2026, and Blount County’s own filing activity shows the same growth taking hold locally. New business …

Cheyanne Marston spent more than 30 years as an occupational therapist before she ever set foot in a kayak. Now she is betting that Blount County residents and visitors will …

At the South Blount Utility District Water Treatment Facility, a team of 12 employees monitors pumps and filters, responds to alerts and conducts tests every few hours. For most of …

Thirty-eight Blount County professionals completed Leadership Blount’s flagship program last week, capping a year of immersive community education and hands-on service projects that touched everything from suicide prevention to caregiver …

The Arconic Foundation has awarded $625,000 in grants to 20 East Tennessee nonprofit organizations, with a significant share of the funding directed to programs spanning education, environmental sustainability and human …

Kaitlyn Brantley already knew the business worked. She had been doing it for three years. What she needed was a plan to grow it — and on May 7, she …

Blount County is growing fast, and with this growth comes struggles. Realtors Brett Heppner and Eric Rice didn’t just understand that growth requires understanding — they launched a multiyear podcast …

If everything goes according to plan, Blount County will soon have a Costco Wholesale, three Walmart Supercenters and a BJ’s Wholesale Club — five big-box retailers, or a 66% increase …