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Independent David Hatley draws ire from Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee governor’s race
David Hatley, an East Tennessee hot tub mogul and independent candidate for governor, has a checkered financial and legal past, but he wants voters to elect him based on promises of business acumen.
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Alabama withdraws objections to federal marijuana rescheduling
Alabama's public health officials withdrew their objection to the federal rescheduling of marijuana, a move officials characterized as procedural, following a July public hearing.
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New census data shows more Tennesseans in poverty in 2025 than in 2024
Tennessee's poverty rate rose from 10.1% to 10.7% last year, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data.
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In Nashville, immigrant and refugee services dwindling due to policy changes, cuts
"I just grabbed him and ran away, without any place to go. I was trying to look for a safe country, to get far away from my country."
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Former Hamilton County deputy sentenced to 25 years for production of child sexual abuse material
A former Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material, officials said Wednesday.
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Boat docked off Chattanooga’s Riverfront Parkway catches fire, crews respond
A yacht docked on the Tennessee River was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon, casting a plume of black smoke visible from downtown Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga area colleges report growing graduate programs, breaking enrollment records
At least two area colleges are reporting overall record-high enrollments, as students return from summer and fall classes gear up at universities across the region.
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Remember When, Chattanooga?: Four East Ridge churches fell victim to arson in 1991
Thirty-five years ago, officials and residents of East Ridge were attempting to determine who was behind a series of church fires in the city. The answer would come from a local connection nearly 500 miles away.
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Will There Be Any Debate in Tennessee’s Governor Race Without Blackburn?
Sen. Marsha Blackburn refuses to debate other candidates for governor before the November election, piling on to her absence from the public throughout her campaign and spurring criticism from her opponents.
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Trump pulled the plug on EVs. Georgia EV makers are adapting and forging ahead
A year ago this month, federal immigration agents raided an electric vehicle battery plant in coastal Georgia and arrested more than 400 people, most of them South Korean workers there to help get the new factory off the ground.
