Overlooked seems to be the fact that Nissan is financing the expansion with a $1.4 billion loan from the Obama administration to promote green projects.

The turmoil over the Department of Energy Y-12 contract in Oak Ridge continues and the latest development could cost up to 500 jobs

Back in 2009, Knoxville’s City Council voted to continue banning guns from city parks, rejecting the carry permit provisions passed by the state Legislature.

Tennessee Democrats are criticizing U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper because the Nashville Democrat joined all the Republicans in the Tennessee delegation in voting against the bill to avoid the fiscal cliff

Knox County Trustee John Duncan III got married during the holidays.

Journal Broadcasting’s purchase of the locally-owned 100,000 watt WNOX FM radio station is expected to shake up the local market, and the big question in local media is whether it is preparation for an assault on The Frog.

State Rep. Joe Armstrong is in the radio business.

Tennessee budget officials have issued a cautious warning to the administration and legislators.

Sources have told World Affairs Journal that Steven Korn, head of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in Moscow, is being forced to resign, likely by February.

Norfolk Southern’s plans for an inter-modal facility in New Market continue apace as virtually all the tracts necessary for the project have been purchased and demolition of houses and barns has begun.

Chances are someone in your family got a one-cup coffee maker for Christmas—it was a hot appliance this season. That’s good news for Knoxville’s employment picture.

The Southeastern Conference is rated the top college football conference and has dominated national championships of late. But it is interesting to note that the successful coaches in the SEC are not necessarily successful anywhere else.

Chief Justice Gary Wade has written a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling that prosecutors can indict a John Doe using DNA evidence, and that the statute of limitations does not run out if the John Doe is identified in later ...

Will the state Legislature listen to the public this time around and approve wine sales in grocery stores?

Union County’s own Kenny Chesney turned in some impressive concert numbers this past year.