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White Oak Bicycle Co-op building ecosystems of access to bikes across region
So far in 2026, Red Bank's White Oak Bicycle Co-op has put fleets of bicycles in five elementary schools and built three new traffic gardens in an attempt to build ecosystems of access in local communities.
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State reverses course on replacement hospital site for Moccasin Bend
Less than a week after announcing a new site for the $260 million Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, state officials have reversed course.
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Mail-in voting is still an option in Georgia for this year’s midterms. Here’s what voters should know.
Voting by mail remains a reliable form of voting in Georgia after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an effort to restrict the practice over unfounded fears of widespread noncitizen voting. But Georgia officials and advocates say voters should still pay careful attention to the rules and deadlines in order to cast an absentee ballot this year.
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Christa Pike’s imminent execution attracts pleas for mercy, demands for justice and lurid interest
At some point on Tuesday, Christa Pike will be moved from the women's prison in Nashville to the nearby Riverbend Maximum Security Institution where executioners are waiting to receive her. On Wednesday morning, unless a judge or Gov. Bill Lee orders them otherwise, they will carry out the death sentence she received more than 30 years ago.
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Ask a Doc: Could fibroids be causing heavy periods and pelvic pain?
Could fibroids be the reason for my heavy periods and pelvic pain?
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Tennessee schools still miss farm-to-school grant eliminated in 2025 as USDA rolls out new programs
School Nutrition Director Vickie Dunaway has spent years transitioning the Milan Special School District in West Tennessee toward scratch-made cooking.
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Longtime downtown daycare center to be consolidated by UTC
The Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center, a downtown childcare staple saved from the brink more than two years ago, is closing its doors for good, but officials at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, which took over center management in 2024, say no currently enrolled families will lose their spots.
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Federal judge denies request to block Highway Patrol traffic stops conducted in tandem with ICE
A federal judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction that would prevent the Tennessee Highway Patrol from conducting pretextual traffic stops in tandem with federal immigration agents.
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Driver dies after truck crashes into pond on Birchwood Pike
A driver died after a truck crashed into a pond on Birchwood Pike, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
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‘Second chance at life’: How stem cell donation saved a Chattanooga cancer patient
Chattanooga and Rochester, New York, are separated by 860 miles, but in May 2024, the two cities became intertwined after a stem cell donation from a New York firefighter saved the life of a Sale Creek resident.
