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Messer Construction Co. recently hired UT graduate Kaitlyn Wilburn as a project engineer.

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history with 22 medals, coached the swim team at Haslam Family University Club today. He also participated in an announcement that the new pool planned for the facility will be named in honor of Knox County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has announced the 2015-2016 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series and the Chamber Classics Series in addition to the launch of its Music Director search.

As the Northeast braces for a major winter weather event this week, Priority Ambulance’s New York operations, Kunkel Ambulance and Trans Am Ambulance Services, recommend advance preparations for frigid temperatures and snowstorms, which are especially dangerous for vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and young children.

The City of Bessemer Fire Department has two new ambulance companies located in The City of Bessemer that will begin responding to emergency 911 calls within the city limits, including Bessemer-based Shoals Ambulance.

East Tennessee children will kick off the Covenant Kids Run with a one-mile event at the Knoxville Zoo in January and end it on the 50-yard line at Neyland Stadium in March.

Anchor South, a Knoxville-based resort and marina management company, has entered a multiyear agreement to manage Fontana Village Resort, a year-round, vacation destination nestled in the Nantahala National Forest in Western North Carolina.

Messer Construction Co. recently named Adam Chmiel, Brian Mitchell and Kyle Scoble as senior project managers.

Home Federal Bank recently promoted several local employees in its main and branch office locations.

Home Federal Bank presents “Knoxville Opera Goes to Church … A Celebration of Talent!” is a free celebration of music, the performing arts and talent to be held on Saturday, Jan. 24.