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Shipping stop has a new captain

November 4, 2026 by Tammy Cheek

Goin’ Postal’s new owner, Tyler Pyle, invites everyone to the ribbon cutting and open house for the one-stop postal shop in Village Green Shopping Center.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 11519 Kingston Pike, with the ribbon cutting taking place at 11 a.m.

“I’m excited,” Pyle said. “It’s been a nice welcome. Everybody’s been very supportive and welcoming. I’m getting to know people in the community and seeing what all Farragut has to offer.”

Goin’ Postal will continue its current services, which include packing and shipping using all four major carriers — postal service, FedEx, UPS and DHL — for domestic and international — as well as shipping insurance and express services.

“We take drop-offs for all those carriers,” Pyle said. “We can accept returns through Happy Returns and Amazon.”

However, he specified Goin’ Postal cannot accept the QR codes for Amazon. “It has to have a label,” he added.

To help with shipping needs, the business also carries shipping supplies, such as boxes, tape and packing peanuts.

Goin’ Postal also provides promotional and marketing items, such as business cards and flyers, and such services as copying and printing, faxing, notary services, and shredding.

Finding the root of better health

November 4, 2026 by Tammy Cheek

Melissa Osborne, owner/board-certified nurse practitioner, is getting to the root cause of people’s health issues in her business, Rocky Top Vitality.

Located in Saah Salon, 102 S. Campbell Station Road, Suite 21, Osborne offers IV therapy — hydro-hydration, high-dose vitamin infusions and injections; red light therapy; and she just started offering functional medicine, as well as thyroid and hormone optimization.

She explained functional medicine gets to the root cause of diseases. Osborne also works with gut health and heavy metal and mold toxicity testing and treatment.

She is the only supplier in the state who carries a particular pharmacy brand of vitamins.

“So, everything is very high dose,” said Osborne, who has more than 20 years experience as a nurse practitioner. “For instance, if you’re needing an immunity infusion, my drip has 15,000 milligrams of vitamin C versus the standard infusion only has 6,500 milligrams.

“Everything I do is premium potency,” she said.

Osborne graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s degree and has oversight from a board-certified emergency medicine physician with more than 40 years of experience.

“And also my clients, when they come in here, they get a private room and one-on-one experience,” she said.

business briefs

November 4, 2026 by

• Priority Ambulance recently announced Allison Washington, vice president of human resources, was recognized by Birmingham Business Journal as a recipient of its HR Impact Award.

The award recognizes human resources leaders who are making a meaningful impact within their organizations through leadership, innovation, employee engagement, talent development, workplace culture and strategic business partnerships.

• Kimberly Pettigrew, director of healthy communities for United Way of Greater Knoxville, recently was selected by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as a Bloomberg Fellow beginning in August 2026.

Pettigrew is the first fellow selected from Tennessee to enter the Doctor of Public Health Program at Johns Hopkins through the Bloomberg Fellows Program, a national initiative providing public health training to individuals in organizations working on critical challenges facing the United States. Fellows receive a full scholarship to earn a Master of Public Health (MPH) or Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.