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Knox Co. Commission to make decision on Board of Health's power next week The commission will discuss whether to strip power from the Board of Health at next week's meeting. Author: Yvonne Thomas Updated: 10:42 PM EDT March 22, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE: The Knox County Commission will soon take up the decision to strip the Board of Health's power and make it an advisory board to Dr. Martha Buchanan, Director of the Knox Co. Health Department. The motion had been postponed until April back in January. However, Commissioner Justin Biggs said the Knox Co...

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The ordinance will need to be approved on a second reading next month. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 8:33 AM EST December 22, 2020 KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — The Knox County Commission will move forward with an ordinance that aims to strip the powers given to the Board of Health. By a vote of 6 to 4 (one passed), commissioners voted late Monday night into early Tuesday morning to approve the change.  The ordinance would remove the board's ability to create policies and make it an advisory board.  This shifts the policy making power to the Department of Health, spec...

The Knox County Board of Health urged Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday to issue a statewide mask mandate to curb the spread of COVID-19.  "The vast majority of people are supportive of mask mandates. They think they work. They trust the science," said board member Marcy Jan Souza, referencing a survey earlier this year by the University of Tennessee's Baker Center showing support for a mask mandate. The resolution passed 9-1 with only Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs voting against the ask. "It's not limited to our metros. It's not limited to one county. If he were to put a mask mandate...

Obituary: Ethan Matthew Ward POWNAL - Ethan Matthew Ward, 23, of Pownal, passed on from this life on Nov. 23, 2020 as a member of ... Share Ethan Matthew Ward POWNAL – Ethan Matthew Ward, 23, of Pownal, passed on from this life on Nov. 23, 2020 as a member of the crew (Captain Robert “Bobby” Waugh, Jeffery Matthews, and Michael John Porper, Jr.) on the F/V Emmy Rose, which was lost at sea. Ethan was born Oct. 22, 1997 in Portland. He attended schools in Pownal and Freeport, graduating in 2015 from Wayfinder School in New Gloucester. He was the firstborn to everything and everyone; son,...