Knoxville, TN News Roundup (8/27/25)

Knoxville’s million-dollar norm: Average home values have jumped from $250,000 in 2020 to $430,000, and features like pools, private acres and walk-in closets are now baseline for upscale listings, squeezing out first-time buyers — find out what’s fueling the surge.

New Sevier Avenue Stage: Knoxville Theatre Club’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens today in the intimate 60-seat Borderland Tees space, featuring a 35-foot stage, impressive cyclorama, and sliding-scale ticketing — find out.

From pop-up to permanent home: Tarik’s North African has opened its downtown Knoxville brick-and-mortar, serving the same standout Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian dishes that made its pop-up a hit — find out why.

100,000th patient milestone: Blount Gastroenterology Associates, serving your community since 1980, reached its 100,000th patient on August 27 — learn what this milestone means for local healthcare.

Counting local bumblebees: Volunteers have teamed up with Foothills Land Conservancy to document bumblebee species and population trends across regional habitats — learn what they found.

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