FedEx, UPS change signature protocols to keep delivery personnel a healthy distance away from customers during coronavirus pandemic.

Sarah Brown, associate professor in Theater & Dance at the University of Memphis, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Romania where she will teach performance and direct acting students in a series of solo shows for NATO.

Small businesses in Memphis may soon be receiving assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration in the form of Economic Injury Disaster loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

FedEx reported earnings for the December-February quarter on Tuesday, March 17, amid widespread uncertainty about coronavirus impact on future.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's donation of coronavirus test kits and masks to the U.S. was handled at Memphis International Airport, with a little help from FedEx.

Developers seek tax incentives for 350 apartment units under Broad Avenue's signature water tower.

It's eerily quiet at Memphis area hotels and tourist attractions as coronavirus precautions expand and visitors cancel travel plans.

Area senior care facilities are taking added precautions to protect some of the most vulnerable from the coronavirus.

Casino says it will work to mitigate the impact closings have on employees.

A request to have taxpayers pay for Millington Farms' roads, sidewalks and other infrastructure is headed to the Shelby County Commission.

Numerous grocers are adjusting their hours and increasing cleaning efforts to protect customers and employees from COVID-19. 

With flu still in the community, not every sniffle and low-grade fever is coronavirus; but isolate yourself to be sure.

• Tunica casinos close temporarily
• Catholic Diocese of Memphis decree cancels Eucharist celebration, excuses people from mass
• U of M may postpone spring graduation 
• Dow experiences worst day since 1987
• Gov. urges all Tennessee schools to close

MFA is a sideline business — a joint-venture — formed by three architecture firms. It does not design buildings, but works to keep construction on time and under budget for the owner. Business is so strong that MFA is looking for permanent office space Downtown. 

Analysts aren't sure yet how much impact coronavirus will have on FedEx third quarter earnings, scheduled for reporting Tuesday, but some believe the company should be prepared for long-term fallout.

Mike Lenz will have to develop relationships with analysts and investors who have been comfortable dealing with Alan Graf for a long time. 

A 327-acre farm that had been in Rev. H.W. Key's family for 140 years was sold at auction on Saturday.

American Queen Steamboat Company suspends all cruises until April 12, nixing planned March 15 departure of American Queen on Memphis-to-New Orleans cruise.

The employee was exposed to the novel coronavirus by the individual who was the first confirmed case in Shelby County, the hospital system says.

Baptist has added a mobile testing unit outside the Emergency Room entrance at its East Memphis hospital.

The coronavirus has roiled the financial markets just as primary construction for Union Row and the Snuff District is about to start. Yet the developers are plowing ahead. 

Friday, March 13, looked like a regular Friday morning at Memphis International Airport, not the spring break traffic jam that had been predicted before coronavirus began spreading in the U.S.

The pharmaceutical-distribution company has closed one of its operations in Southeast Memphis even as its invests in other Memphis-area facilities.

Challenge is developing marketing and commercialization paths for local technology, then stepping up to the plate to sell it.

The virus is already widespread in the United States, so travel bans and school closures will not stop the virus or prevent individuals from eventually being infected. The most reasonable argument for doing so is to prevent a surge in severe cases that might overwhelm area health systems.