Editorial: You have a Voice in Opioid Epidemic
To understand what brought the scores of people to a forum at the West High School lecture hall Tuesday night, you must look at the...
Editorial: You Have a Voice in Opioid Epidemic
To understand what brought the scores of people to a forum at the West High School lecture hall Tuesday night, you must look at the...
Knox County Commission Approves Safety Center Contract 10-1
Knox County Commission approved two resolutions on Monday to help bring about a diversion facility – also called a safety center – for...
City Voting to Approve Safety Center Tuesday
The Knoxville City Council will vote its approval or disapproval for the first time on the jail diversion center, or safety center, that...
Medics on the Front Lines Find Opioid Overdose Antidote a Mixed Blessing
KNOXVILLE Three decades ago, when Chris Blach began his career as a paramedic, he carried naloxone. Emergency medical technicians used...
County Commission to Vote on Safety Center Next Week
The safety center to divert the mentally ill and substance abuse offenders from jail has moved further along by Knox County Commission....
Join Chief Rausch at Tennessee Opioid Forum March 28
Last year 237 people died in Knox County of apparent drug overdoses. This year has started out just as bad with prospective overdose...
KPD Saves Lives of Four From Heroin Overdose
Knoxville Police Department officers have saved four people from heroin overdoses in the past week, according to a news release. The...
Knox County Commissioners Approve Behavioral Health Center Contract
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Knox County Commissioners vote to approve the Behavioral Health Center, 10-1, Monday night, during the commission...
Opioid Task Force Lets Tennesseans Tell Their Stories
“It was just a horrible, horrible, horrible time up until the day of her death.” Those were the emotional words of Clarksville...
