TN Progressive

• Alcoa Safe Streets Plan Survey (BlountViews)
• WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
• Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
• America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
• A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
• The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
• Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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• Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
• Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
• My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
• July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)

TN Politics

• Tennessee governor urges better Nashville Electric Service efforts in winter storm (TN Lookout)
• ‘Not what our faith teaches’: Nashville faith groups host vigil outside Homeland Security office (TN Lookout)
• Partial federal government shutdown begins, amid hopes it won’t last long (TN Lookout)
• Rising health costs could shift midterm voters toward Democrats, survey shows (TN Lookout)
• Stockard on the Stump: Memphis mayor claims ICE cooperation only for fighting crime (TN Lookout)
• Gov. Lee requests major disaster declaration for FEMA aid for storm that knocked out power for 300K (TN Lookout)

Knox TN Today

• POSTPONED: Annual Knox County legislative forum set for Jan. 31 (Knox TN Today)
• Lady Vols ‘out-toughed’ in loss to Bulldogs (Knox TN Today)
• Sarah Brobst + Felicia Harris Hoehne + Ice at Fall Creek Falls ++ (Knox TN Today)
• Dishing It Out: Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Chicken (Knox TN Today)
• Harrington: Keeping his nose to the grindstone (Knox TN Today)
• Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley expands hours (Knox TN Today)
• HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
• Don’t miss Snake Day and Zoo Camp at Zoo Knoxville (Knox TN Today)
• Food City supports Community Schools program (Knox TN Today)
• Knox the Fox visits Western Georgia cities (Knox TN Today)
• A Conversation with Gil Hough (Knox TN Today)
• Dining Duo at the Original Freezo (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• Several East Tennessee school districts closed Monday amid winter weather (WATE)
• VIDEO: Fire and rescue team saves hawk trapped in fence in Crosby (WATE)
• I-40 E near Asheville Highway in Knoxville closed after tractor-trailer crash (WATE)
• Photos: Pets enjoy snow day in East Tennessee (WATE)
• Florida mom takes kids to Gatlinburg to see snow for the first time (WATE)
• McGhee Tyson Airport extends runway closure due to snow (WATE)

News Sentinel

State News

• Chattanooga gets snow at last, but dangerous wind chill is ‘biggest story’ - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Kennedy: Ten trends that define today’s young-adult generation - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Letter to the editors: Hamilton County schools too quick to close in face of weather - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Readers respond: In defense of Sierra Club, Times editor relies on contempt - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files? - The Guardian (US News)
• Federal Judge Denies Request to Temporarily Block ICE Surge in Minnesota - The New York Times (US News)
• Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers - The New York Times (US News)
• Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story. - CBS News (US News)
• Why Wall Street is unhappy with Trump's pick for Fed chair - Axios (Business)
• Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed - The Guardian (US News)
• Updated snow totals for southeastern Virginia: Whiteout conditions, frigid wind chills - The Virginian-Pilot (US News)
• The ‘January barometer’ for stocks comes with a big asterisk this year - MarketWatch (Business)
• US Senate passes Trump-backed government funding deal to avert partial shutdown - Euronews.com (US News)
• Big Food gets leaner with divestitures and breakups as consumers turn away from packaged snacks - CNBC (Business)
• TikTok Superstar Khaby Lame’s Big Deal—Which Saw Him Valued At $6.6 Billion—Raises Red Flags, Experts Say - Forbes (Business)
• 3 warning signs silver could be headed for a deeper plunge, according to a top commodities expert - Business Insider (Business)
• Musk and Epstein Exchanged Emails About Visiting One Another, Documents Show - The New York Times (Business)
• Empty stores and massage chairs next to produce: Amazon Fresh employees explain the chain's demise - Business Insider (Business)
• ‘I just don’t have a good feeling about this’: Top economist Claudia Sahm says the economy quietly shifted and everyone’s now looking at the wrong alarm - Fortune (Business)