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The aftermath of September 11, 2001 meant nearly a year of cleanup effort, coordinated by a Knoxville firm, at New York's World Trade Center. Mike Gibson talks with officials of Phillips & Jordan, who cut their teeth on cleanup work following natural disasters, and gets their take on the energy, emotion, and cooperation that went into the mammoth undertaking in sorting through the wreckage of the Twin Towers. They tell how the experience challenged their past training and changed their lives.
Plus: Mike Gibson looks into another Knoxville firm — Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology — and how they're working to make Iraq's oilfields safe, Jeff Black reflects on the events of two years ago, and David Massengill reports live from Iraq on Big Orange Fever in the desert.
 
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The idea of a rapid rail line moving people from Knoxville to and from the airport and other nearby communities is reopened in the quest for a Regional Transportation Authority, as Cassie J. Moore reports.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
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The value of public opinion research varies widely from method to method, Barry Henderson concludes in Insights. Brian Conley proffers endorsements in the Sept. 30 City Council elections in A Note from the Publisher. Jack Neely reviews the expected displacements if TDOT expands I-40 and the James White Parkway in Secret History.
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Cassie J. Moore plays a few games of Golden Tee and takes a peek inside the minds of a few guys seemingly obsessed with the video golf game that's a sports bar and Internet staple.
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In the Music Feature, local music supporter Mel Holdway gives Mike Gibson a lesson in SEX (which stands for South Eastern Xports, her radio show). And Nan Citty and Blues Voice find their niche in Knoxville's blues jam scene.
Heather Joyner discovers the delightful prints of The Teaberry Press in Artbeat. Catch them at The Ewing Gallery before they're gone.
In Platters, Jonathan B. Frey sees Avishai Cohen reaching for, but not quite meeting, his mark, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard coming into his own. And Joe Tarr says mortality is a worthy topic when addressed by the moody songs of The Handsome Family.
After a day at the lake, Connie Seuer heads to Boonedocks and discovers friendly folks and surprisingly good food in Restaurant Rover.
Massimo Pigliucci calls all Brights out of the closet in Rationally Speaking.
Tony Basilio sails the Orange Sea in Sports.
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