Dear KCS families, Our team has been busy working to make our “KCS at Home” resources available to students, and we are excited that on Monday you will have access to these materials. As we have shared previously, participation in “KCS at Home” is voluntary, and...

The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is partnering with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate a COVID-19 drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on...

~ from the Office of Neighborhoods On March 23, 2020, the Knox County Health Department issued a “Safer at Home” order, instructing all citizens to stay home and practice physical distancing to aid in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Since the order went into effect,...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs addressed “Safer at Home” guideline enforcement with the following statement in response to media inquiries.   “We all share the same goal of mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and ultimately must realize it’s up to individuals to...

~ from UT System Office of Communications KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd – in consultation with chancellors at UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Martin and the UT Health Science Center – has announced that summer session classes at all...

~ from U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON – Following President Trump’s signing of the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin today announced that the...

Mayor Indya Kincannon has issued a Safer at Home order that goes into effect Wednesday, April 1, 2020. This order directly echoes the order issued last week by the Knox County Health Department.   The order gives City of Knoxville employees who have enforcement...

Ole Smoky Distillery, the most visited distillery in the world and makers of award-winning moonshine and whiskey, is joining other members of the distillery community, who are producing hand sanitizer in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.   The new hand...

  Today, the Beacon Center's released a brand new package of 20 policy solutions focused on what policies the state of Tennessee should and shouldn't enact moving forward when it deals with COVID-19. The suggestions relate to both public health and the economy. In...