Tennessee Gov. Lee praises skilled trades training at Chattanooga State
New electric vehicle, CT scans, mechatronics programs are added to meet industry needs
East Chattanooga ‘food desert’ gets new grocery oasis with IGA store opening
An East Chattanooga grocery store that has struggled to survive under different owners and brands is reopening again next month as an IGA supermarket.
Chattanooga rent increases outpace most cities
Chattanooga's apartment rental rates are rising faster than in most cities, although housing costs in the Scenic City still remain more than 12% below the U.S. average, according to a new Zumper national rent report.
TVA shores up retirement fund, pledges full plan funding by 2036
TVA's retirement fund, which was judged four years ago to have a funding shortfall of more than $5.3 billion, has boosted its financial standing and should pay all retirees their promised benefits, Tennessee Valley Authority officials say.
Fast charging network develops across the Tennessee Valley to power growing EV market
More than two years after the state of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley Authority launched an ambitious program to establish rapid-charging stations every 50 miles along highways across the Tennessee Valley, fewer than a dozen locations are offering the quick-charging devices under the "Fast 50" program.
Chattanooga-area unemployment falls again last month
Bledsoe County has Tennessee’s highest jobless rate
Dutch Bros to open coffee and drink outlet in Hixson
One of the nation's fastest-growing drive-through coffee chains that also features a variety of wild and sugary drinks is expanding into Chattanooga with a new outpost near Northgate Mall.
TVA reverses course, won’t sell Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant; future use for facility undecided
Seven years after voting to sell its Bellefonte nuclear plant site, the Tennessee Valley Authority has reversed itself and decided to keep the Jackson County, Alabama, power plant for another potential use.
TVA raises rates, ends pandemic credits as higher inflation, interest rates and power demand push up costs
The Tennessee Valley Authority will raise its base electric rates this fall for the first time in four years and end a credit program that helped EPB and other local power companies limit their rate increases during the pandemic.
TVA’s plans to build natural gas plants ignite fiery debate
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shut down the last of the coal-fired power plants that once supplied most of its power by 2035 as the federal utility moves to a cleaner, carbon-free future.
