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Chattanooga: Historians are ensuring nearly forgotten cemeteries are preserved

Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008

Jim Holcomb is a man on a mission. He and members of two local Ruritan Clubs want to clean up and catalog five nearly forgotten cemeteries on the Enterprise South industrial park property — lest they completely disappear.

Chattanooga: Industrial Development Board approves VW site contract

Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008

By issuing its first contract in connection with the Volkswagen plant site on Friday, the Chattanooga Industrial Development Board signed itself up for a carload of work over the next year.

Tennessee: One in four deficient high-use bridges here

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

Five of Tennessee’s 20 high-traffic, structurally deficient bridges are in Chattanooga, and four of them are downtown, according to an Associated Press analysis of recently released bridge inspection reports in the National Bridge Inventory.

Hamilton County: Appeals court sides with state in rock mining case

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

A rock mining lawsuit that pitted a mineral rights owner again a state park got new life Thursday when the Tennessee Court of Appeals vacated a 2007 ruling that allowed mountain stone rock mining to continue along the Cumberland Trail.

Chattanooga: Washed away

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

In recent years, Donna Carlisle has lost land, trees and even a car to a creek she didn’t even know ran near her home when she moved in 14 years ago.

Tennessee: State ranks in top tier of bridge structures

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

As the anniversary of last year’s Interstate 35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis nears, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely are touting some of the Volunteer State’s “best” ratings for bridge repair and maintenance.

Tennessee officials working to acquire large piece of Cumberland Trail

Saturday, July 26, 2008

State officials hope to use money from the governor’s Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund to initiate the purchase of another chunk of land for the Cumberland Trail State Park.

Georgia: Search continues for missing Rock Spring woman

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Search teams, tracking dogs and a helicopter crew again Wednesday scoured Cloudland Canyon State Park to search for a missing Rock Spring woman, and again came up empty.

Chattanooga: Minimum wage boost’s effects debated

Thursday, July 24, 2008

The federal minimum wage increases 70 cents an hour today, from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour, but local employment officials say almost no workers in the region will be affected immediately because local employers already pay more.

Unincorporated Hamilton County areas growing fastest, report finds

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Despite recent reported increases in Chattanooga’s population and a steady city share of the Hamilton County tax base, a report by the Community Research Council finds new local development is continuing to occur at a faster pace in unincorporated parts of the county.