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August 25, 2022
Continuing the focus on delivering the world’s fastest internet speeds that led Chattanooga’s municipal utility to launch America’s first...
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September 28, 2022
After steadily declining from the peak prices reached in June, the nationwide average price of gasoline fell in the past week after 14 weeks of sustained declines
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Komatsu America Corp. has partnered with Chattanooga State Community College to offer the Chattanooga area's first state-certified pre-apprenticeship program.
Chattanooga State’s upcoming Latin Festival on October 1 has already generated a lot of excitement within the community.
Event will bring more than 2,000 logistics industry leaders from around the world to Scenic City
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A Chattanooga company has figured out a way to retain employees during their slow season.
After steadily declining from the peak prices reached in June, the nationwide average price of gasoline fell in the past week after 14 weeks of sustained declines, the online gas price reporting website GasBuddy.com reported Monday. The average fuel price nationwide rose 3.2 cents a gallon to $3.
September 14, 2022
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Chattanooga Ballet are engaged in a co-sponsorship to make a major cultural event possible for the region October 5-7, featuring Ukraine’s Kyiv City Ballet...
All month long through October, the American Cancer Association will be uniting men around the world, including here in Chattanooga, to help in the fight against breast cancer.
In support of the Active People, Healthy Nation Initiative, Smart Growth America (SGA) announced that the City of Red Bank’s Mayor Hollie Berry will be part...
CHI Memorial has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has been awarded $200,000 toward restoration to display and operation of historic Pullman sleeping car The Maitland.
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (TVFCU) has announced the five finalists in the Fifth Annual Idea Leap Grant contest.
The Chattanooga Technology Council (ChaTech) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Technology Excellence Awards (TechX).
The gift will help graduates from 12 high schools in the Chattanooga area attend an undergraduate campus within the University of Tennessee System.
September 10, 2022
The Transportation Safety Administration will begin upgrades to their passenger screening equipment at Chattanooga Airport on Monday, September, 12.
The Northshore is no stranger to fuel tanks and factories, but a fuel farm on Manufacturers Road...
September 7, 2022
With the holiday weekend in the rearview, economic experts are looking at the Labor Day trends, and they say they're a good sign.
Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga have fallen 11.8 cents per gallon in the last week
Chattanooga Motorcar Festival has officially announced that Mecum Auctions is returning to Chattanooga
September 1, 2022
The Chattanooga City Council unanimously voted to rehouse up to 100 residents experiencing homelessness during Tuesday night’s meeting.
Hamilton County has set a new all-time record high of 31,300 people are employed in the leisure and hospitality industry...
Tourism spending in Hamilton County jumped more than 40% last year coming out of the worst of the pandemic...
Oftentimes, people in their late 80s need a bit of a helping hand...
Chattanooga-based soft drink retains appeal with unique flavors, sizes and approaches
Artemis I is the first in a series of missions for us to get the moon and hopefully Mars.
Chattanooga's Office of Community Health proposed a violence prevention initiative during Tuesday's public safety meeting.
August 27, 2022
Chattanooga leaders have set aside $1.4 million in federal pandemic relief funds to establish a new minority business resource center at the Kelly Building, 332 East M.L. King Blvd., a project they envision as a hub and source of support for entrepreneurs.
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Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate remained unchanged for July 2022
SPARC or Sports Arts and Recreation of Chattanooga is making sure everyone is able to participate in sports.
Bob Corker, a former Tennessee senator and Chattanooga Mayor, returns back to his hometown to attend the Pachyderm meeting
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-3) announced today an appropriation of $3 million to be used in the Westside community
Chattanooga and Hamilton County were named a 2022 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer Monday by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance.
City wants to see residents engage with, get creative with public realm
For the eighth straight year, CHI Memorial has once again been named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News and World Report.
For every 100 residents moving out of Chattanooga, the report by moveBuddha says 306 are moving in
Chattanooga is becoming a trucking and logistics center in the 21st century
August 17, 2022
The Wilcox Boulevard Bridge is a staple of Chattanooga's infrastructure. But, with over 70 years time, its qualities are deteriorating.
August 15, 2022
The City of Chattanooga will receive $25 million in federal funds to replace and improve the Wilcox Boulevard Bridge.
No cases of the monkeypox virus have been confirmed in the Chattanooga area, but people wanting to be vaccinated
August 13, 2022
A Ukrainian dance company that has been unable to return home since Russia invaded Ukraine will perform at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga this fall. Three performances by Kyiv City Ballet are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Oct.
August 11, 2022
Volkswagen's Chattanooga production plant is embarking on its biggest hiring surge since the factory opened more than a decade ago as it launches the assembly of its first electric vehicle in July.
August 10, 2022
Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga fell for the eighth consecutive week last week, dropping another 16 cents a gallon to the lowest level in five months
Since the EdConnect program launched in 2020, more than 16,000 low-income students have received free internet in their homes
Chattanooga was awarded a $4.57 million federal grant Wednesday for an integrated, smart transportation management system for electric vehicles
August 4, 2022
On the heels of the Chattanooga Film Festival’s successful ninth edition, it has been honored
The 2022 Chattanooga Motorcar Festival will present the two-day Canossa Fall Rally Chattanooga on Oct. 12-14
The City of Chattanooga has entered into a partnership with Trust for Public Land’s 10-Minute Walk Park Equity Accelerator
Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga have fallen 13.4 cents per gallon in the last week
The city of Chattanooga will get $353,522.19 to protect 7.6 acres at the Chattanooga Battlefield
August 1, 2022
It seems like every other day another headline pops up announcing a new electric vehicle (EV) investment here in Tennessee.
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July 19, 2022
iFixit officials announced Tuesday the company will establish its East Coast hub for distribution and innovation in Chattanooga. iFixit will invest $24.2 million and create 201 new jobs in Hamilton County over the next five years.
A week ahead of an expo that is meant to help the formerly incarcerated-turned-entrepreneurs build relationships with local business owners, a job fair geared only for those who have gone through the criminal justice system will take place.
What's happening Volkswagen confirms a cheaper version of its ID 4 electric SUV is on the way. Why it matters Powered by a smaller 62-kilowatt-hour battery pack, this entry-level ID 4 will bring the EV's starting price into the mid-$30,000 range.
July 14, 2022
Chattanooga Housing Authority Executive Director Betsy McCright told the County Commission on Wednesday that a major makeover of the Westside is about to get underway. She spoke as the commission is set to approve $2 million of its American Rescue Plan funds for the project.
July 13, 2022
CBL Properties' chief executive said Wednesday that sales are higher than before the pandemic at the Chattanooga-based company's malls and shopping centers and foot traffic is roughly back to 2019.
July 11, 2022
Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga have fallen 15.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.11/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 170 stations in Chattanooga. Prices in Chattanooga are 45.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.31/g higher than a year ago.
July 6, 2022
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– As many drivers complain about waiting in long lines to get new Tennessee license plates, the state is giving you a small break on registration fees. Tennessee is waiving the state vehicle registration fees for a year starting this month.
July 5, 2022
Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga have fallen 9.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.24/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 170 stations in Chattanooga. Prices in Chattanooga are 15.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.40/g higher than a year ago.
July 4, 2022
Volkswagen Chattanooga will host a job fair over July 7-9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for its open production team positions. The job fair will be held at the Volkswagen Academy, 7469 Volkswagen Drive.
July 3, 2022
More people moving to Hamilton County should help spur future growth around a new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium without hurting downtown, some business and government leaders said. But concerns exist over whether the foundry project will siphon energy and investment from the central city.
June 28, 2022
Nonstop flights to cities cut at the start of the pandemic more than two years ago have mostly returned at Chattanooga Airport, except to New York City.
June 23, 2022
As Volkswagen Chattanooga's assembly of its first electric SUV is imminent, officials said the automaker is weighing options of how to secure all the batteries it will need in the years ahead.
The Chattanooga Airport, the City of Chattanooga and elected officials kicked off construction of the airport’s $28 million terminal renovation and expansion.
The labor market remains hot. Yet businesses in a range of industries are pulling back job offers to recruits they were courting just a short time ago.
Many more people are moving into Chattanooga than moving out, according to the 2021-2022 Tennessee Migration Report prepared by the site moveBuddha.
A total of 17 volunteers helped to remove 6,526 pounds of trash over the weekend in Soddy Daisy in a two-part cleanup series that Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTNRB) hosted called "Chickamauga Lake Cleanup Weekend presented by iSustain.
Chattanooga leaders expect to conduct $513 million worth of improvements to the city's sewer infrastructure between 2020 and 2030, the second phase of an almost two-decade project intended to prevent wastewater from entering the Tennessee River. In 2013, the U.S.
Rachel Pohl, a senior partnerships and giving manager for a global software-development company, and her husband, Jesse Rosenthal, the senior vice president of a healthcare company, realized it was time to leave San Francisco soon after the pandemic hit the US.
June 22, 2022
We've known for quite a while that Volkswagen is launching a full-electric four-door sedan. Initially called the Aero B through various teasers and spy shots, the concept version was supposed to be shown in full in China in April but was postponed due to the pandemic.
June 17, 2022
Rachel Schulson is a writer in Chattanooga, Tenn. In 2004, I flew to Washington for the March for Women’s Lives. It was exciting to march with others for a cause I believed in.
June 11, 2022
On Wednesday, June 8th, Assistant Chief Clint Uselton and Officer John Perry with the East Ridge Police Department met with Taylor Dorrell of Awakened Generation Ministries to donate twenty bullet resistant vests. Awakened Generation Ministries is a faith based, non-profit ministry that collects donations to provide assistance to the people in Ukraine.
June 9, 2022
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Volkswagen is "actively" looking to establish new assembly and battery facilities in the U.S., Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh told CNBC on Wednesday. Keogh declined to discuss potential locations for such operations.
May 28, 2022
For 37 years, Chattanoogans kicked off summer with a multiday music festival. In 2019, facing dwindling attendance and financial losses, organizers cut the event to four days — but it still lost more than $2.3 million that year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced a two-year hiatus.
The little city on the Tennessee River has had citywide superfast internet for over a decade, and a high quality of life. In the age of remote working, those are paying off big time, says Mayor Tim Kelly.
May 26, 2022
On May 21, 2022, Rock City Gardens celebrated its 90th anniversary with guests entering through the original roundhouse gate as they did in 1932, along with nostalgic surprises and new artistic features to experience on the Enchanted Trail.
It is the season for graduation and millions of educated people are preparing to transition into the workforce. Post-pandemic, many people have shifted their views on work life balance and quit their jobs for a change, leading to what is now called “The Great Resignation”.
Walking along the beach, it can be all too easy for the multitude of straws, eating utensils, flip flops, discarded sand toys and other plastic waste to all but disappear into the background. But a six-foot-tall seahorse sculpture MADE of this litter? That’s a little harder to ignore.
A man on 15th Avenue told police that his son had shown up to his home just prior to calling and was highly intoxicated. The man said he wished for both his son, as well as his girlfriend, ... (click for more) Click here for the latest Bradley County arrest report. (click for more)
May 13, 2022
The Songbirds Foundation invites Chattanooga music and film fans to an exclusive screening of the Emmy Award-Winning documentary, “Songbirds,” Sunday, May 29.
Out of Spec Reviews video talking about her then fresh EV, is back with a long-term review of her electric SUV. One year and 28,000 miles later, Lisa continues to be very happy with her ID.
One of the biggest residential and commercial projects on Chattanooga's riverfront is planned for a 70-acre tract off Amnicola Highway that for many years held the Central Soya feed mill.
May 8, 2022
Volkswagen is getting ready to give its successful ID.3 electric hatchback its mid-lifecycle refresh, but the facelift will bring a lot more than just a nip and tuck, according to a new report. Apparently, with next year’s refresh, VW will also introduce the much anticipated ID.
May 7, 2022
Kelly and Ezra Reynolds wanted to start a family. When they couldn’t get pregnant, they found a non-profit that finds families for orphans, internationally, with Down Syndrome and other special needs. The couple ended up adopting 3 girls with special needs and 1 boy with a disability from Ukraine. Their journey to build a family took them five thousand miles from here.
May 5, 2022
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — Miller Plaza was just stop number one for Storytelling Spaces, which features several Chattanooga artists — all of whom received grants from the Project for Public Spaces.
May 2, 2022
Rarely have so many Americans gained so much equity in so little time, but it’s also inseparable from the housing affordability crisis. Over the past two years, Americans who own their homes have gained more than $6 trillion in housing wealth.
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One of Chattanooga's oldest real estate companies is joining with well-known central city property management and development groups in an estimated $60 million merger. Fidelity Trust Co.
April 30, 2022
A German media outlet is reporting that top officials at Volkswagen are seriously considering building a second plant in the United States, and are considering building a second plant next to the current one in Chattanooga. We reached out to Volkswagen Chattanooga spokeswoman Amanda Plecas about this report, and she responded that it is "just speculation at this point," but told us she would watch out for additional information to share.
April 24, 2022
Thirty years ago this week, lines of children dressed as bass, bluegill and other aquatic animals wiggled and giggled down Broad Street to the thrumming refrain of a marching band to mark the opening of the Tennessee Aquarium.
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April 23, 2022
Tennessee Aquarium president and CEO Keith Sanford has announced the addition of two new positions to the aquarium's senior leadership team.
When Eric Fuller took over U.S. Xpress from his father, Max, in 2017, the younger Fuller began taking steps to improve freight efficiency and lower driver turnover at Chattanooga's biggest trucking company and one of the nation's largest long-haul trucking companies.
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CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Chattanooga has landed a new flight to Miami. American Airlines begins their Miami service on Saturday, May 7th.
Tyson Morris will succeed Brent Messer in the Tennessee city—which has a 10-gigabit network.
April 21, 2022
When a Ukrainian former college student who had fled to Poland reached out to Takeo Suzuki to describe just how dire the situation was in her home country, Suzuki knew he had to act. “She’s twenty-something, and we see twenty-somethings over here all the time.
Nightfall, Chattanooga’s longest-running outdoor summer concert series will celebrate its 35th season this year with a 15-week season of free outdoor concerts held at Miller Plaza beginning Friday, May 27 and continuing every Friday through September 2.
April 16, 2022
At some point, as the businesses just kept proliferating, Ronald Ramsey and Chad Eichelberger started making a list. Reliance Partners. Steam Logistics. Trident Transport. Taimen Transport. LYNC Logistics. Avenger Logistics.
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April 15, 2022
More than 150 townhomes are planned in a pair of Chattanooga projects as developers seek to fill what they see as a need in the city's hot housing market. Both developments, approved by the city's Form-Based Code Committee on Thursday, are just outside the downtown core.
April 14, 2022
The most new housing South Chattanooga has seen in about a decade is starting to come out of the ground as work has begun on an affordable housing apartment complex slated to open in winter 2023.
April 12, 2022
In March 2020, in a matter of only a few days, schools, churches, restaurants and offices of all sizes were emptied out as employers sent their workers home as the COVID-19 outbreak worsened. Two years later, most people have finally resumed more normal lives.
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