The goal of school is learning. The challenge for our teachers is to help all students to learn when students are so different. Some prefer to…
The cozy relationship between Big Government and Big Tech has blossomed into brazen collusion. When the White House doesn’t like what American…
Getting in the habit of reading and conversing with your child from birth will help them develop critical language skills.
As Tennessee State Treasurer, I am responsible for managing the state’s financial resources and serving Tennesseans as a leader in public fina…
Students may get in trouble for dreaming about baseball instead of paying attention in class. But the sport might help teachers find ways to k…
It’s a dangerous time for the United States and our other allies in the Middle East. Terrorists and terror-sponsoring regimes are threatening …
As parents, we tell our kids that their voice matters. We teach them about the importance of maintaining a free and open democracy and the inv…
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Several weeks ago we began talking with two legends of Motor Racing Network announcers. If you listed to MRN from 1980s through early 2000s yo…
In the quiet countryside of Bat Harbor between the old log church and the new church, I got a chance to talk with two legends of NASCAR broadc…
You can almost hear the dual exhausts from Junior Johnson’s Ford coupe echo through the hot June nights along the Hooper Highway even after 70 years.
Spring arrived Thursday and must have helped push the temperature to about 80 degrees for our hometown, but the warm trend took the sidelines …
Spring is just two days after St. Patrick’s Day, reminding us of the season’s greening, and we feel spring already in the air with temperature…
The cold end of February will stretch out longer than usual for our hometown with an additional day referred to as Leap Day 2020, because of t…
Snow made believers out of the weather reports warning that this might happen on Thursday, when the early flakes mixed with slow rain continue…
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Editor’s Note: This is a Message to the community from Tony Benton, President and CEO of Tennova Healthcare’s East Tennessee Market and Scott …
There are no words to describe how the year 2020 affected everyone. Our way of doing ordinary, normal tasks has changed. Our thought process h…
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