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Homes in Lea's Woods (Ziggy Mack)

Free virtual home inspections help Memphians fight winter utility costs

When the Tennessee Valley Authority decided to work with Memphis-based Frontdoor to offer free virtual home inspections in July of this year, they weren’t really thinking about keeping homeowners safe during COVID-19. […]

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Twenty-year veteran Shane Howell (left) stops by with paperwork as Private Michael Pence (right) works the Station 18 desk where crew members field emergency calls and help citizen who walk in with an emergency. (Ziggy Mack)
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Imani Polk launched Masked by Imani, a line of fashionable face mask, just before her fourteenth birthday. Polk is a Memphis native and will be a freshman at Ridgeway High School in the fall. (Submitted)
14 year-old Memphis entrepreneur launches line of fashion masks for pandemic protection

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With camps closed, local nonprofits pivot to fight the summer reading slump

Parents and educators are looking for ways to address the summer slide now that school is out and camps aren’t an option. Arise2Read and Agape Child & Family Services are pivoting to get books, WiFi, and other resources into the hands and homes of students most in need. 

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