Several Hamilton County cities are increasing the pay and benefits for their city managers, hoping to retain them in a role that is often hard to fill and has a high rate of turnover for many municipalities.
Like other drinks at Elsie's Daughter — a craft cocktail bar and French-Belgian eatery tucked away in The Hotel Chalet at the Chattanooga Choo Choo — the Golden Thorn is named after an Appalachian flower, with which the drink shares its flaxen hue. In a nod to fall, this flower thrives in cooler temps. The thorny name also seems appropriate given the sharp flavor of the drink, which is a salty, savory cocktail similar to a dirty martini that's made with pepperoncini rather than olive brine.
Nowhere feels like fall quite like a farm. If you're ready to get in the autumnal spirit, options abound for all the freshly harvested apples and pumpkins, hayrides, corn mazes and flower picking your fall-loving heart desires. Here are a few of our favorite seasonal day trips to farms in the Chattanooga area that are perfect for dates, family outings and photo ops.
Mayor responds, ‘There’s a big world out there, people’
The Tennessee River Gorge Trust, other local nonprofit organizations, and state and federal wildlife agencies are collaborating on an initiative to study and conserve the wood thrush, a migratory bird species facing substantial population decline.
Members of the East Ridge City Council have unanimously approved a development agreement with Easy Auto Powersports for a project in the city's Border Region Retail Tourism Development District.
More than 100 rabbits were rescued Tuesday from the home of a Chattanooga man who reached out to McKamey Animal Center for help when he realized he could no longer properly care for the animals.
Camp Woodmont, operated on Lookout Mountain by the same family for more than four decades, is switching from a co-ed to an all-girls' Christian summer camp after it was purchased by new owners.
Panhandling is becoming a problem in Soddy-Daisy, officials say, and city commissioners have unanimously voted to prohibit the practice in certain areas of the city.
The management of East Ridge Residence, an independent living facility for older adults owned by Utah developer Bob Martino, has announced the facility is closing and the remaining residents must be off the property by Oct. 15.
