by design | Jul 3, 2025 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Artists Association is pleased to announce an exhibit titled “The Art of The Smoky Mountains” at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Dr. Townsend TN 37882. The exhibit will run from June 30 through August 4, 2025. Twenty six...
by design | Jul 2, 2025 | The Daily Focus
AUGUSTA QUARRY TO REOPEN TODAY The new floating swim platforms, bathrooms and changing room are in. The smooth, easy-to-navigate walkway has been installed. The overlook – with its dramatic view across Augusta Quarry – has been improved and expanded. After an $11...
by design | Jul 1, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Join us this July 4th at James White’s Fort in Knoxville! 🎆 🕙 10:00 a.m. sharp — Be there as we celebrate Independence Day the way our Founders did! Bring the whole family and enjoy: ✨ Live reading of the Declaration of Independence — just like it was done in...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A sackful of gimmicks and a burning desire to succeed’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S NOTE FOR PERSPECTIVE: This story was first written on June 12, 2007, after news broke a day earlier that Ray Mears (Nov. 8, 1926-June 11, 2007) had died in Knoxville. Much...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Surprises And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for a time such as this. Esther 4:14 By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the Myers-Briggs typology of personality, I am an ISTJ. These designations define me as slightly introverted, a careful observer who is logical...
