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Blood samples find elevated forever chemical levels in Northwest Georgia residents
Researchers from Emory University recently tested the blood of 177 residents in two Northwest Georgia cities -- Rome and Calhoun -- to evaluate the concentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in their bodies.

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One tree at a time: Group of hemlock conservationists keeps at it in North Georgia
For more than 20 years, conservationists have been fighting a tiny insect killing the region's hemlock trees.

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Developers have two weeks to apply for free East Chattanooga lots
The deadline for developers to apply for free lots in East Chattanooga in return for building affordable housing is two weeks away.

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Hamilton County man arrested for stealing family’s Christmas gifts
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office arrested a man in Sale Creek after he allegedly stole a family's Christmas gifts.

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Report into misconduct allegations essentially clears Metro Nashville Police Department
Investigators from the law firm Butler Snow delivered a report to Metro Nashville officials last week, essentially clearing the Metro Nashville Police Department of a wide range of misconduct allegations made by a former insider in April 2024.

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Gov. Bill Lee stays mum as a deadline looms to opt into a summer food program for kids
As a deadline looms for states to opt into a federal program to feed low-income kids during the summer, Gov. Bill Lee has yet to announce whether Tennessee will participate.

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Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit DA Clayton Fuller running for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat
Clayton Fuller, the District Attorney for Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, announced his run for Congress in Georgia's 14th Congressional District in a Facebook video Monday night.

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Audit cites management, financial, quality of care problems in Tennessee-run veterans’ homes
A new audit by the Tennessee Comptroller cites a series of lapses in financial oversight and patient care in state-operated nursing homes for veterans.

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The Debt: Almost 60 years ago, a court case at TSU transformed Tennessee higher education
Less than two months after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, a Black law student in Nashville named Rita Geier set off a series of events that ultimately reshaped higher education in Tennessee and around the country.

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Is Tennessee’s ban on religious charter schools unconstitutional? Attorney general says likely
A legal fight is brewing over religious charter schools in Tennessee after the attorney general said the state's law blocking them is "likely" unconstitutional and a Christian nonprofit in Knox County sued the local board of education over its charter school requirements.
