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Eighth-Grade Career Fair Lets Blount Teens Test-Drive Jobs

More than 1,500 Blount County students tried welding, nursing and aviation at the eighth-grade career fair before picking high school classes. Link to Photo Download Gallery

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Student-Run Alcoa Holiday Market Turns 10

The Alcoa holiday market turns 10 on Nov. 14 with 75 booths, a new scholarship and three sophomores at the helm as founder Joy Gornto prepares to retire.

Shops at Clover Ridge: Six Suites, One Rare Corner

Shops at Clover Ridge, a 10,554-square-foot retail center near Denso on Middlesettlements Road, is now leasing six suites ahead of a 2027 groundbreaking.

Blount Real Estate Professionals Launch CREW Chapter

BLOUNT COUNTY — Kerri Kor was sitting on a blue couch in the corner of her office, researching ways to “bring commercial …

No Single Solution to Blount County’s Housing Squeeze

BLOUNT COUNTY — In September, newly elected Blount County Mayor Jared Anderson addressed the county planning commission. He thanked commissioners for their …

Tides Enterprises Establishing Flagship Tennessee Location in Blount County

MARYVILLE — Tides Enterprises, a Charleston, South Carolina-based supplier of industrial food ingredients, will open its flagship Tennessee facility at 3806 E. …

Siemens Healthineers to Invest $43.6M, Add 90+ Jobs at Rockford Facility

ROCKFORD — Siemens Healthineers is expanding its molecular imaging operation in Rockford, investing more than $43.6 million and creating over 90 new …

A Tale of Two Markets: Blount Housing Prices Outrun Incomes

BLOUNT COUNTY — Experts say that inventory has recovered, homes are taking longer to sell and buyers have more negotiating power. Yet …

Farm, Haunted House Find Profit in Partnership

GREENBACK — Austin Green built his first haunted house in a backyard in 2018, a five-minute setup for neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Eight years …

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