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Jun 14 2017
05:57 pm
By: R. Neal
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We have a nice bunch of volunteer sunflowers growing where the bird feeders were over the winter. Free goldfinch feeders!
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- Corker blasts Trump (7 replies)
- Cumberland Ave. makeover complete, and it looks fabulous (6 replies)
- Quote of the day (from a year ago) (17 replies)
- VICE News: Charlottesville (2 replies)
- Cohen will introduce articles of impeachment (1 reply)
- A little Knoxville news media history (11 replies)
- On the events in Charlottesville (7 replies)
- Gubernatorial candidates on removing Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Capitol (3 replies)
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Knox TN Today
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- Top 50 spots to view the Total Solar Eclipse in East Tennessee (WATE)
News Sentinel
- Eclipse inspires creative entrepreneurship in East Tennessee (KNS News)
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Alt Weekly
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- Clear skies expected for total solar eclipse - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
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- Families gather for 10th annual Spring Hill Pay It Forward Festival (Tennessean)
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- Weekly East Tennessee Construction Report for August 17-23, 2017 (Tennessee)
- Tennessee's State Unemployment Rate Again Reaches Record All-Time Low at 3.4 Percent (Tennessee)
- More Than $22 Million in Water and Wastewater Construction Loans Awarded (Tennessee)
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- Tesla Model 3 vs Electric Competitors (The Straight Specs) - CleanTechnica (Business)
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- Why Wall Street is so fixated on Gary Cohn's position in the White House - Business Insider (Business)
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