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Mountain City Club gives developer Jimmy White extension to repay $2M loan
The Mountain City Club has extended a deadline for Jimmy White, president of Urban Story Ventures, to pay back a $2 million loan made by a former club treasurer.
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Walnut Street Bridge reopening announcement expected this week
Chattanoogans should learn soon when the iconic Walnut Street Bridge is expected to reopen.
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Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
Luther "Sunny" Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard. He can't prove it, but he worries that his thyroid and bladder problems, and his wife's kidney disease, can be traced to the plant.
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Homeland Security confirms 121 immigrant arrests in Memphis nightclub raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 121 immigrants during a raid on the El Corralón nightclub in Memphis during the early hours of Sunday morning, according to a news release Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Residents and advocates rally opposition to ICE call center in Nashville
A job listing posted on Aug. 27 by Koniag Government Services seeks a day shift call center operator to join the company's "team supporting government clients in the Nashville" area.
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Packed Bradley County crowd opposes Project River data center campus
Developers working for the Wright family took a temperature Tuesday night on how neighbors feel about the family's proposal to build an $11.3 billion industrial campus with large power plants to serve a data center.
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Chattanooga council members question 911 agreement amid stalled dispatcher raises
Several Chattanooga City Council members proposed Tuesday reviewing the municipality's longstanding multimillion-dollar contract with the Hamilton County 911 center.
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Democratic Hamilton County commissioners call for election to fill school board vacancy
Democratic Hamilton County commissioners are calling for voters, rather than commissioners, to choose a new county school board member after District 11's representative resigned.
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Deputies seize 15 homemade explosives, up to $60K in alleged stolen property from Hixson man
Defendant facing over $600K total bond across about 30 pending cases
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Janet Rehberg becomes CEO of EPB, first woman to lead Chattanooga utility
Longtime utility manager Janet Rehberg became CEO of EPB on Tuesday, beginning her tenure at the head of a city-owned company that generates more than $800 million in revenue and distributes power to more than 200,000 customers.
