Nashville Scene: Conversations Continue on High Commercial Property Tax Bills
The taxman still cometh, but no coordinated action has taken place surrounding significant tax increases. So, the newly formed Nashville Property Tax Coalition… More


The taxman still cometh, but no coordinated action has taken place surrounding significant tax increases. So, the newly formed Nashville Property Tax Coalition… More

Frequent Smoky Mountain-goers can get jaded about the gateway communities to the national park. They’ve been to the dinner shows…. More

“Every reader dreams of opening their own bookstore,” says Anaika Anderson. Over a seven-month period, three Tennessee book-lovers realized that dream,… More

Small business owners across Nashville — restaurant and bar owners, retailers, venue operators and a new coalition of them — say something has to happen about high property taxes, or Nashville will lose independent businesses.

Nashville has more live music venues per capita than any other city, according to the Nashville Independent Venues Study, conducted in 2023 and 2024. Those indie music venues are on a roller coaster of being behind on rent, then having enthusiastic public support. It’s a mix of booking acts and needing to sell a can of water and a T-shirt. It’s a mix of state legislation, business-plan pivots, GoFundMe campaigns and cheap beer. Read article

Alabama’s Gulf Coast is unlike other beach communities. According to The Nature Conservancy, the state is among the most biologically… More

When Winter Storm Fern hit Nashville late last month, more than 230,000 Nashville Electric Service customers lost power. For some, the outages,… More

For more than a decade, I embarked on a fun, if indulgent, quest to paddleboard in all 50 states. I… More

It’s not as well-known as Tennessee’s other ‘villes, Nashville and Knoxville, but Tennessee’s fifth-largest city is worth visiting for its… More

In 1790, then-President George Washington wrote a letter addressed “To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport” that, though written more than… More

If you only know billionaire Johnny Morris as the CEO of Bass Pro Shops and only know Bass Pro from your… More

Nashville has become synonymous with bachelorette parties, in part because it’s a town where you’re never bored. Whether you and your besties… More

When you check into The Horse Shoe Farm in Hendersonville, N.C., you’ll be given a folded piece of paper, about the… More

When Henry Neuhoff brought German immigrants to town to build a meat-processing plant on the banks of the Cumberland River… More

There will always be good BBQ, hot chicken, and meat ‘n’ threes in Nashville—perhaps the best you’ve ever tasted (don’t change too much,… More

When you drive up the mountain road to the entrance of Cloudland at McLemore Resort — at 2,300 feet above… More