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Hamilton County Commission deadlocks on school board vacancy
In a 5-5 vote down party lines, Hamilton County commissioners failed to take action on a resolution recognizing the resignation of former District 11 school board representative Jill Black, D-Lookout Mountain, that would have put the seat on the November ballot.
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Tennessee lawmakers pledge to fund Imagination Library in 2027 state budget
Tennessee lawmakers pledged to fully fund Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for children in the state.
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Founders flock to Chattanooga to grow mobility tech companies
Miguel Jaramillo is aware that his company's technology, a shoebox-sized sensor placed in public areas to collect three-dimensional data, could be conflated with surveillance technology like Flock cameras.
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State, federal, local officials celebrate grant signing for $130M Wilcox bridge project
State, federal and local officials celebrated the signing of a $25 million federal grant to support the Wilcox Boulevard Bridge replacement project, set to start in early 2027 at an estimated cost of almost $130 million.
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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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$50B rural health transformation program needs more transparency, groups say
One year into its creation, a $50 billion federal program aimed at improving rural healthcare lacks transparency, which could make it difficult to protect against fraud, identify successful projects, and ensure the program delivers on its promise to transform the system.
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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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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.
