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

• Florida mom takes kids to Gatlinburg to see snow for the first time (WATE)
• McGhee Tyson Airport extends runway closure due to snow (WATE)
• GALLERY: Snow falls across East Tennessee (WATE)
• Weather-related death toll in Tennessee up to 21 as snowstorm moves in (WATE)
• 'We're not used to that': Morristown residents face snowy, frigid conditions (WATE)
• 'A skating rink': Blount County asks drivers to stay off roads during winter storm (WATE)

News Sentinel

State News

• Federal courthouse location in Chattanooga confirmed despite local preference for other site - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Chattanooga Now Events - Watercolor 102: Whimsical Watercolor for Beginners - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Chattanooga Now Events - "The Art of Patterning" - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Half-inch of snow possible in Chattanooga by Saturday night - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• Partial government shutdown begins as funding lapses despite Senate deal - CBS News (US News)
• DOJ concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records - Axios (US News)
• These overlooked stocks are a backdoor way to play the AI chip boom - MarketWatch (Business)
• Why Wall Street is unhappy with Trump's pick for Fed chair - Axios (Business)
• LIVE UPDATES: Snow falling across north Georgia, starting to accumulate - WSB-TV (US News)
• Big Food gets leaner with divestitures and breakups as consumers turn away from packaged snacks - CNBC (Business)
• ‘WTF’: Pro-gun groups warn vulnerable GOP seats on the line after Pretti response - Politico (US News)
• TikTok Superstar Khaby Lame’s Big Deal—Which Saw Him Valued At $6.6 Billion—Raises Red Flags, Experts Say - Forbes (Business)
• More than 300 anti-ICE protests planned across US this weekend - The Guardian (US News)
• 3 warning signs silver could be headed for a deeper plunge, according to a top commodities expert - Business Insider (Business)
• Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street - The New York Times (Business)
• This Minneapolis family has been in hiding for weeks, fearful of being deported - NBC News (US News)
• ‘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)
• ‘Real Time’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Says “I Completely Support” Don Lemon’s Arrest: “That’s Not Journalism” - Deadline (US News)
• Justice Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Killing of Alex Pretti - The New York Times (US News)