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PetSafe, a leading innovator in pet behavior and lifestyle solutions, is offering its third annual “Bark for Your Park” nationwide contest with more prize money and more opportunity to win funding for a local dog park. The contest launches May 1, and by the end of summer, five U.S. cities will share in $200,000 in funding for local off-leash dog parks.

Most of us dread tax preparation time, filled with stacks of paperwork, looming deadlines and complicated forms. But today’s smartphones, tablets and apps simplify this chore, allowing us to complete, file and manage our 2012 tax return more quickly, easily and conveniently than ever before.

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) and the city of Knoxville’s Community Development Department have invited community leaders to tour newly constructed housing units in Five Points and to share in the vision for a revitalized community on Monday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Paul Hogue Park at the corner of Chestnut and Wilson streets.

Professional drivers spend hours on the road away from their families, transporting goods and materials across America. When they pull over to refuel, they’re looking for some familiar comforts and a little taste of home.

High school robotics teams have been working for weeks to create robots that can throw discs and scale pyramids in hopes of making the “Ultimate Ascent” to a first place finish at Tennessee’s largest US FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition – The Smoky Mountains Regional.

Rural/Metro Fire Department is proud to announce that Rural/Metro Fire Marshal Dan Johnson was recently named the Code Official of the Year by the East Tennessee Building Officials Association (ETBOA).

Home Federal Bank recently promoted 13 local employees to the position of assistant treasurer in several main office departments and area branch locations.

More than 200 physicians specializing in gastroenterology gathered in Boston over St. Patrick’s Day weekend for the third annual GI Roundtable, which was co-founded by Knoxville’s Dr. Bergein “Gene” Overholt of Gastrointestinal Associates.

It started as a chilly February afternoon. I had this idea to check my wife’s Pinterest account to find something she wanted for a Valentine’s Day gift.  I found a dress on her style board and ordered it.  I patted

John Tarpley, attorney with Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, PC, has been named chair of the ABA Journal’s Board of Editors. Currently a member of the board, Tarpley was elected to the chair position by the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors at its February meeting and will assume the leadership role in June.