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The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned June 12th. The Assembly includes ten representatives of districts within Knox County: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper talks with Republican House Representative Stacey Campfield. Campfield represents the state's 18th District and this is his 5th year in the General Assembly... 
One of Knoxville's best kept secrets is now out in the open. The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum has quietly grown from a local volunteer project into an historic destination. It spreads across the top of an Eastside ridge, five minutes from Downtown. Garden Director Steve Seifried tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd the site has gone through a lot of changes recently...
The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned June 12th. The Assembly includes ten representatives of districts within Knox County: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper talks with Republican Senator Jamie Woodson, who represents the state's 6th District. Woodson has been in the General Assembly for 11 years, in both the House and the Senate. She currently serves as the Senate Speaker Pro Tempore...
Social networking websites began as a way to keep up with old classmates and make new friends online. More recently, these sites have taken on a different role, offering creative writers an easy and fast way to produce and publish their work. Twitter especially has encouraged writers to experiment with shorter forms of fiction and a wider audience. In this Next Wave Radio Project report, WUOT's Carolyn Lyden finds that the form is not new. But it is headed in a different direction...
Children can be mean to one another. But when does teasing turn into bullying? The Knox County Health Department and School System are examining that problem at a day-long Violence Prevention Conference on Wednesday July 15. Chuck Saufler is a nationally-recognized expert on school bullying. He's a school guidance counselor in Maine. Saufler tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd it can be difficult to distinguish when a child's behavior crosses the line into bullying...
The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned June 12th. The Assembly includes ten representatives of Knox County districts: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper talks with Republican House Representative Ryan Haynes, who serves the state's 14th District. This is his first session in the Assembly. Haynes says he ran for the office because he thought the legislature could use some new blood...
Even before the Revolutionary War, miners had discovered coal buried deep in the Appalachian Mountains. But with the advent of the Industrial and Electrical ages, the coal found in the Appalachians became a critical cog in the gears that moved America forward. Today, more than 90 percent of the coal mined in the United States is used to generate electricity. We live in a society dominated by the convenience of coal-fired power. But it's come at a cost-- from the countless miners who have gone to their early graves, to the rivers, streams, mountains and communities that have experienced first-hand the environmental decimation that coal drags in its wake. On this episode of Dialogue, Dr. Mark Banker joins host Matt Shafer Powell to discuss the economic, cultural and environmental legacy of coal in the Southern Appalachians...