CEO Richard Walker of the unopened field hospital is a former Boy Scout who loved search-and-rescue work.

Explore Bike Share by the numbers: In two years, Memphis bike-sharing nonprofit logged more than 56,000 rides by 22,000 riders, covering 193,000 miles and lasting for 2.5 million minutes.

The Republican-controlled state Senate, attempting to stop a potential wave of COVID-19 lawsuits, passed legislation this week giving businesses and schools greater protection from liability.

Bryce is able to produce almost 150 million packaging pouches on seven production lines annually, but that may increase over time.

To date, the committee has awarded $377,500 to 67 businesses through the NEED grant program; 53, or 79% of those are minority- and women-owned businesses. 

The Memphis Post Office will put paw print stickers on mailboxes – orange if a dog lives there, yellow if a dog's next door – as part of dog bite prevention program.

A developer redesigned a four-unit town house development in response to objections from within Cooper-Young Historic District. The Land Use Control Board approved the plan even though neighbors still argued that four units were too many.

Famous, or infamous, people have peddled products they claimed could prevent or treat coronavirus.

Research funding at the University of Memphis is up 70% in the last year. 

New jobless claims continued to trickle in amid a phased reopening of the Memphis economy after devastating losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Downtown Memphis Commission staff recommends that grants for exterior improvements to South City businesses start covering 90% of the costs instead of 75%.

The soon-to-open "active adult rentals" development eliminates food and medical services but packs in resort-style amenities and programming. 

Graduate students in public health will begin tabulations and surveys next week. The grading would be an extension of “knowing where we are and where we want to get to,” according to Dr. Manoj Jain.

The Daily Memphian names an editor to oversee coverage of education as well as local neighborhoods and suburbs while also announcing new reporters for the Memphis Grizzlies and University of Memphis football.

Kroger and Prairie Farms targeted by Teamsters rallies seeking congressional action to protect America’s food supply chain and its workforce.

For decades, listeners could tune in to hear Drake Hall on the radio. Then suddenly, for the first time in a long time, they couldn’t. 

Two researchers from the College of Medicine are working together on the interdisciplinary project funded by NIH.

Chrissy Geibel has joined Dunavant as Senior Vice President of Domestic Logistics, where she will lead and grow the division while ensuring superior solutions and customer service across agriculture, chemical, food & beverage, automotive and retail sectors.

Digital convenience store delivery service goPuff launched in the Memphis market this week from a location on Park near the University of Memphis.

Memphis River Parks Partnership expects an October launch of the historic cobblestone landing restoration and November start on the first phase of Tom Lee Park's transformation.

Project plan is to convert upper floors of four, attached buildings into six apartments, and enlarge McEwen's restaurant.

The Downtown Memphis Commission has just unveiled a draft master plan that could guide Downtown development for the next decade. The DMC will seek public response through June.

The coronavirus reproduction rate has hovered at 1.2 during Phase 2 of the business reopening, which went into effect May 18.

The newest inspection station at 2355 Appling City Cove had been open only three years before the city closed them all seven years ago.

The pandemic gets the blame for putting a hard brake on home sales in the Memphis area. But the average price for homes continues to rise and the year-to-date sales volume is still ahead of 2019.