An environmental group has declared the Ocoee region among the 10 most endangered places in the South because of road plans -- specifically a four-lane option known as Corridor K.
With several more weeks left to go in the freeze-thaw season before heavy spring rains arrive, Tennessee and Georgia commuters should brace for more road delays, according to state road officials.
Concerns about protecting groundwater from radioactive tritium leaks while still meeting the demands of a multi-million-dollar Department of Energy weapons contract prompted TVA to make tritium at a second nuclear plant on Chickamauga Lake.
Federal officials are reviewing the recent spill of 137 million gallons of raw sewage from the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the facility's decade of deficiencies that span the service of three Chattanooga mayors.
Officials in South Pittsburg, Tenn., are putting more chlorine than usual in the city’s drinking water because of Tuesday’s raw sewage spill in Chattanooga, 45 miles upstream.
Calling Tuesday's 137-million-gallon sewage leak into the Tennessee River "a tragedy," Mayor Ron Littlefield said Wednesday the city will be installing a backup generator at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant to try to make sure it doesn't happen again.
A new Tennessee Civil War Trails program is getting a jump-start in Chattanooga with the installation of a dozen interpretive signs for tourism driving tours.
The National Geographic magazine that hit newsstands and mailboxes Tuesday features a story about Tennessee's Duck River -- hailing it as one of four of the most biodiverse places in the world.
Crews worked all night to try and fix an electrical problem that shut down pumps at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant and sent close to 100 million gallons of untreated wastewater into the Tennessee River on Tuesday, city officials said.