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Babalu Tapas & Tacos has rolled out its new Baba-Blue Plate lunch special offering a convenient and delicious lunch option for on-the-go downtown customers. The Baba-Blue Plate features a unique specialty item from Chef Warren Weiss each weekday from 11

The laidback, welcoming atmosphere of Margaritaville is coming to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Margaritaburg, LLC, a consortium of local investors, will build Margaritaville Resort in the Smokies at 539 Parkway in Gatlinburg. Developer and restaurateur Bob McManus serves as president of Margaritaburg

Today, Randy Boyd, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, presented a check for $5,000 to Skyler O’Dell, the first-place winner of the CO.STARTERS program. The second-place winner, Kennie Riffey, was awarded a check for $2,500 from

Animal welfare agencies partner to increase adoptions Young-Williams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and Blount County Animal Center are partnering for a “Home for the Holidays” adoption special, sponsored by Grayson Subaru. From Dec. 21-23, all

Runners and competitors preparing for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon are invited to attend free weekly group training runs, which take place at 8 a.m. on Saturdays leading up to the marathon weekend, April 1-2. During these outings, experienced runners

Steel recycler donates coats, hats, mittens and more to schoolchildren The holidays will be brighter and the winter a little warmer for 438 Lonsdale Elementary School students, thanks to steel recycler Gerdau and others in the community. Maintaining a tradition

The Board of Commissioners for Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) announced today that Benjamin M. Bentley, an executive with Nashville’s housing and development agency, has been selected as the new executive director of the agency. “When the board embarked this

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform Oz with Orchestra in four weeks, part of the Knoxville News Sentinel Pops Series. Resident Conductor James Fellenbaum will conduct the KSO while the film is projected onto the big screen. The concert will

SCREENINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS TO INCLUDE FILMMAKERS JONATHAN DEMME, JEM COHEN, KEVIN EVERSON, JANIE GEISER & ROGER BEEBE GAVIN BRYARS’ SINKING OF THE TITANIC WITH FILM BY BILL MORRISON, XIU XIU PERFORMING MUSIC OF TWIN PEAKS, AND DAVE HARRINGTON’S IMPROVISED, LIVE

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) will hold a public meeting to present a site plan for Phase 3 redevelopment of the Walter P. Taylor Homes and Dr. Lee L. Williams Senior Complex to Five Points’ residents and community stakeholders on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Walter P. Taylor Boys & Girls Club, 317 McConnell St.