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The National Park Service is planning to hold an information session on Jan. 21 for those who may be interested in volunteering with the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge.

COSBY, Tenn. — In a lovely patch of second-growth forest that hadn't been logged for perhaps 100 years, the ground was covered in partridge berries and Christmas ferns, and the tallest trees were eastern hemlocks.

Midday today, the News Sentinel launches a new version of knoxnews.com.

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Knox County Commissioners appear confident that a proposal for a facility for the mentally ill and substance abusers will materialize.

The University of Tennessee is working on revisions to its campus master plan, last updated in 2011.

Two Carson-Newman University alumni, critical of their alma mater's application for and receipt of a Title IX waiver, have now written a letter calling for it to be revoked.

MARYVILLE — The Maryville City school board approved the first reading of its amended student drug testing policy that would allow the district to randomly test student athletes and drivers.

CLINTON — He was Anderson County's top elected official, making $100,105 a year as county mayor.