By the end of the year, new restaurants and entertainment venues should open near the CHI Memorial Stadium in East Ridge, offering Chattanooga Red Wolves fans or concertgoers the chance to eat a gourmet pizza, enjoy an adult beverage or listen to live music.
Local station boasts lowest price in Tennessee
Memphis attorney John Ryder, a former general counsel for the Republican National Committee who served on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 2019 through the end of last year, has died after a long battle with cancer.
Ten days after winning the countywide Republican primary election for Hamilton County mayor by a razor-thin margin, Weston Wamp held a belated victory party Friday night and pledged to his supporters that he will work to dignify public service and focus on improving public education for future generations if he is elected in August.
East Ridge will soon be home to a Twin Peaks restaurant.
The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought a new public awareness to one of Chattanooga's key and growing industries.
After reporting a first-quarter loss of more than $8.9 million last week, U.S. Xpress Enterprises confirmed Thursday it laid off about 70 of its corporate and information technology staff this week in response to less-than-anticipated growth in the company's trucking business.
Chattanooga homeowners will have to spend more on electricity this summer as the weather warms up and the Tennessee Valley Authority contends with a surge in natural gas prices.
Despite below-average power rates, households in the Tennessee Valley still pay, on average, a bigger share of their income for electricity due to less energy-efficient homes, more year-round energy use and lower average incomes, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
For the second consecutive year, Tennessee tourism leaders are spending their marketing dollars to try to recruit not just visitors but workers to help staff the attractions, accommodations and food services in the state's $22 billion-a-year hospitality industry.
