The current East Tennessee mobile mammography unit is booked solid, screening more than 4,500 women a year.

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance cut the ribbon on its bigger Lenoir City clinic, joining a new Loudon rehab site opened weeks earlier.

Maryville's safety-net dental nonprofit has logged over 30,000 patient visits since opening in 2006.

The Appalachian Highlands clinic has already logged over 2,000 appointments since opening in Kingsport in fall 2024.

Thomas Judge, 93, lost his wife of 67 years this year. His hospice team gave him one more thrill: a stunt-plane flight over East Tennessee.

Casie Nickerson's foundation honors 12-year-old Landon, who dreamed up the charity during his own hospital stays.

Inspectors cleared roughly 100 artists at the 14th annual downtown event, held at the World's Fair Exhibition Hall.

A neuroinvasive La Crosse virus case has been confirmed in Claiborne County, the only reported Tennessee case so far this year. Officials are urging residents to take mosquito precautions.

Two cases of cyclosporiasis have been confirmed in Knox County as federal officials investigate several foodborne outbreaks and a lettuce recall.

Knoxville is putting free naloxone where residents can access it around the clock. A new machine at a recovery center targets one of the county’s hardest-hit overdose areas.

MEDIC says East Tennessee blood shelves are stable even as the Red Cross declared a national emergency; local centers still urge donors to give to keep supplies ready.

About half a dozen former patients settled over Mycobacterium fortuitum infections from 2023 surgeries at a West Knoxville center, while other claims and regulatory actions remain active.

Inspectors found raw meats stored too warm and a filthy can opener at La Loteria in Tellico Plains; corrections raised the follow‑up score to 89.