The CSX Santa Train recently made its 83rd annual voyage across parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia to greet thousands of people and deliver gifts to kids of all ages.

The classic fresh-cut Christmas tree comes from certain parts of the Appalachian region. The colder climate is easier to find in the higher elevations, but some pockets in East Tennessee allow the evergreens to thrive.

Eastern Kentucky is full of isolated, rural towns that have experienced decline alongside the coal industry. But some who want to stick around are trying to reverse that by revitalizing the region's downtown spaces.

University of Tennessee Senior Vice Chancellor Keith Carver sat down with WUOT News to talk about a new UT Institute of Agriculture program to help farmers adopt new technologies, along with the state of farming in Tennessee in 2025.

Dr. Carole Myers and Jeremy Kourvelas, Substance Abuse Coordinator for the Smart Policy Network at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, discuss Tennessee's progress in reducing overdose deaths.

University of Tennessee faculty rallied for free speech, urging Chancellor Donde Plowman to reinstate fired professor Tamar Shirinian amid First Amendment concerns and growing campus unrest.

President Donald Trump’s administration has promised financial relief for soybean farmers when the federal government reopens. The hardwood lumber industry, which has been struggling with impacts from Trump’s first term, wants to be included.

Kentucky utility regulators could approve a rate increase for Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities customers. They’ve approved new power plants to meet the electricity demands of data centers. Customers may not have known about the hidden cost they’re paying for two coal plants.

For thousands of years, pearls have been a prized gemstone used to craft jewelry and other adornments. But North America has just one freshwater pearl farm that cultivates the shiny objects, located at Kentucky Lake in western Tennessee.