Mark Boling News Today

Lee University’s Small Jazz Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, at Squires Recital Hall on Lee’s campus.

Trumpeter cum laude Jim Hynes and three of the most talented marquee players in the Knoxville jazz firmament present “Bud’s on Broadway” on June 19.

Workers at one of Allegany County's largest employers are on the picket line in a dispute with Saputo Dairy, a Quebec-based company.

The growing urgency to address climate change and concerns about the financial performance of Exxon Mobil aligned this week to help activist investors place two directors on the company’s board. But it is not clear if the activists can deliver on their dual goals — reducing the emissions that are warming the planet and lifting the profits and stock price of Exxon. The potential tensions between those objectives could doom the investor effort to transform the company and the oil industry. Get...

The tension between climate goals and lifting Exxon Mobil’s profits could make it difficult for activists to make progress.