The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has named Donny D. Davidson Jr. the new Memphis District deputy district engineer for programs and project management, a role in which he is the senior civilian adviser to the district commander. 

A new organization has been created to address a shortage of skilled craftsmen in the homebuilding industry and introduce public school students to potential career opportunities.

Memphis International Airport officials are working to secure a trans-Atlantic nonstop flight, and airport chief executive officer Scott Brockman is hopeful it will happen sooner than later.

The Census Bureau will oversee the 2020 Census in Shelby and nine other West Tennessee counties from the third floor of the historic Claridge House in Downtown Memphis. 

Two-megawatt solar array near Nike's North American Logistics Campus in Frayser will help the company meet its goal of using 100 percent renewable energy.

The Corps of Engineers still intends to leave the federal building Downtown, but no move is imminent.

A Downtown Memphis Commission board was not willing to let the developer of a Beale Street boutique hotel delay paying an increased payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to see if he could negotiate with the partners behind Union Row. 

Experts discuss the changing global food industry and how innovation is the key to producing healthy foods that merge with consumers' desires. 

FedEx says it made insufficient progress in fiscal 2018 to meet a goal of reducing aircraft emissions on a revenue basis by 30% by 2020.

UnitedHealthcare is striving to improve the health of its members by giving $1 million in grants to seven area nonprofits to address the social determinants of health. 

One New York firm is suing another over the breakup of their joint venture to develop a second Memphis convention center hotel using local and state financial incentives.

Railroad track products manufacturer Pandrol USA LP is seeking a PILOT to create 73 jobs, invest $9.3 million and establish its North American headquarters at 611 Winchester Road.

Architect Tommy Roy Polk has died. He worked with famed Memphis architect Roy Harrover in designing iBank Tower — originally known as the NBC Building — in Downtown Memphis. The building was completed in 1973.

Christie Cut Stone Co. proposes to expand its main location by 7 acres now that the addition of brick sales has boosted the company.

Acquisitions, partnerships and a laser focus on the customer experience are fueling changes across Memphis-based ServiceMaster.

Agriculture industry powers and investors will converge on Memphis this week for the third annual Davos on the Delta.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare brought maternity services to Germantown 25 years ago this Mother's Day. In the years since, more than 88,000 babies have been delivered at Germantown Methodist Hospital. 

A Daily Memphian app for Apple and Android devices is the latest addition at the digital news organization. 

The leaders of professional sports franchises in Memphis and WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational discussed the economic impact of sports on the city during a seminar moderated by The Daily Memphian's Geoff Calkins. 

Scott Brockman, president and chief executive officer of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, has joined an industry group's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft System Mitigation at Airports.

Jennifer McGrath, an Orpheum Theatre vice president, believes the skills you learn in arts education don't have to make you a better singer, dancer or actor. 'It can be about making you a better human being.'

A $75 million, 240-unit senior living community won approval from a planning board Thursday after developers met concerns of the Audubon neighbors.

The planning board grants an exception to allow The Clipper hotel and office towers to be up to 275 feet tall, three times the existing limit near FedExForum and Beale Street.

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An aging apartment complex on Peabody Avenue is under contract to be bought, renovated and joined by a 30-unit addition.