Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Ward Proposes Regional Mental Health Facility As this is written, County Commissioner Kyle Ward is moving along his resolution asking for support from the State of Tennessee to help fund a mental health center for Knoxville.  Knoxville is the only city...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Knoxville Unaffordable Housing — The Kincannon Effect There is a universal rule involving the availability of a product, any product, and that is the law of supply and demand. The demand for housing in Knoxville is ever-increasing and prices have...

Publisher’s Positions

  By Steve Hunley Municipal Judge: Experience Matters Some folks are shaking their heads wondering why the Sierra Club would endorse a candidate for Knoxville’s Municipal judge.  Just what threat to the environment is represented by traffic court? The incumbent...

Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Housing Crisis For Whom? For the better part of two years, building slowed during COVID.  That caused a housing problem in this country.  We hear a lot of rattling about a “housing crisis” inside the City of Knoxville especially. ...