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Week celebrated UTC’s transfer students, helps them get ‘rooted’
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, transfer students make up more than 6% of the undergraduate population, according to university spokesperson Chuck Wasserstrom.

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New arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisis
LAVONIA, Ga. -- It had been a decade since Kara Holden last had a baby. But as the former obstetric nurse prepared for her fourth child, her head was swimming with contingency plans.

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Tennessee voters are increasingly wary of the technology that’s watching them
This fall, the Banner sent out a community survey to ask what issues mattered most to you in this election cycle. This is the latest in our community-focused series.

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Bradley County mother, partner face murder charges in 20-year-old’s death
A Cleveland woman and her domestic partner face murder charges in connection with the May death of the woman's 20-year-old daughter, police said Friday.

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Former Chattanooga city staffer founds The Satterfield Group to get clients ‘unstuck’
As the daughter of a longtime fire chief in Dalton, Georgia, Brooke Satterfield advises companies as if all their projects were critical incidents involving multiple responders.

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After decade of delays, Chattanooga approves $4.5M Raccoon Mountain waterline
After more than a decade of discussions, false starts and delays, residents on Raccoon Mountain are one step closer to running water after a $4.5 million water extension package was approved by the Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday.

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Authorities say man shot when he, police officer exchange gunfire near Chickamauga Dam beach
A man was shot Friday morning near the Chickamauga Dam day use area, officials said.

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Chattanooga kayaker will compete in international whitewater competition in China
When a text message about an international whitewater competition came across Chattanoogan Shane Simoneaux's phone, he knew he had to go — even though he didn't understand some of the message.

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Hamilton County removes $6.5M minimum bid for Business Development Center
Hamilton County is eliminating a $6.5 million minimum bid requirement for the county-owned building at 100 Cherokee Blvd. known as the Business Development Center, which the County Commission voted to declare as surplus in May.

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Two men receive maximum 50-year sentences after deadly Ringgold birthday party shooting
Two men convicted after a deadly 2025 birthday party shooting in Ringgold were each sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison, the maximum for their convictions.
