The kitchen table might function fine as a home office for a few hours, but eight hours a day for weeks at a time? Some Memphis architects share their experiences with their own home offices during the pandemic, and what they believe makes a home office work well.
We’ll stay at home and stay safe from coronavirus, but that doesn’t protect us from cookies and cakes when they’re still pretty easy to get.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talks about his $1.4 billion COVID pandemic county budget on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
Campbell Clinic says its Memphis hospital partners will have extended operating room hours, including weekends, to catch up on the backlog of elective surgeries.
A full house at Playhouse may look different than it did in the days prior to COVID-19. Executive producer Michael Detroit said a 'working plan' might be to sell every other seat.
Canceling the prom at Madonna Learning Center was not an option. Teachers pulled together a virtual celebration to ensure students enjoyed the treasured time.
Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 28, the four micro-conferences will feature industry-specific information for the government sector, hospital and restaurant industry, large employers and small business owners.
The market has historically operated six days a week, but will begin its 2020 season being open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. because of the pandemic.
Germantown identified a way for the public to address the board in its virtual meetings.
Tennessee added 478 coronavirus cases to its total Sunday for a total of 9,667 cases. This is the largest daily increase since the first case of coronavirus was announced in Tennessee.
George Gattas wondered if his home innovations business would tank during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, his workload has nearly tripled.
At Christ Community Health Services' Frayser clinic, Lee said the focus of his weekend trip to Memphis is to inspire hope and enthusiasm for testing in under-resourced communities.
Nate Franklin trained to run his first marathon on his 26th birthday. When it was postponed by COVID-19, he decided to run it anyway. It's a lesson for us all.
The city council's attorney has been bond counsel on 17 of the 18 Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division bond issues over the past 28 years. The relationship is being brought up again as the utility's relationship with TVA is being examined.
Festival organizers say the majority of previously announced acts will remain on-board for the rescheduled Beale Street Music Festival in October. A revised lineup announcement with replacement acts is planned for June.
A constant factor of Memphis life seems more pressing now than usual: To paraphrase Texas songwriter Joe Ely, we may walk the streets of Memphis, but we’ll have you understand, Tennessee is not entirely the state we’re in.
Employees receiving generous unemployment benefits can make it hard for restaurateurs to have adequate staff when it’s time to reopen and to meet their PPP forgiveness requirements.
The county order covers unincorporated Shelby County and follows an extension of the Memphis emergency order earlier in the week with some first steps toward an economic reopening.
About 500 people are working to meet the May 14 deadline for opening a makeshift hospital to handle overflow patients in the coronavirus pandemic.
Sixty-three percent of the 46 Downtown businesses receiving the forgivable loans were minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE).
Facing a possible $5 billion loss in gross domestic product from the COVID-19 crisis, Tennessee will open restaurants Monday, April 27, in 89 counties, even before lifting a “safer at home” order. Shelby County is not included in the re-opening.
Shelby County reported 50 new cases Friday, but also confirmed its highest single day of new tests since Monday.
Students will miss at least 50 days of classroom instruction — almost a third of the school year — because of the pandemic.
KIPP officials say they will continue remote learning plans through the end of the school year, but the closings will mean hundreds of students will have to find new schools this fall.