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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.
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Chattanooga area health inspection reports for week ending Sept. 1, 2026
The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect food service establishments twice a year, grading them on a 100-point scale.
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Vina Nails and Art in the Evenings: See the business licenses issued in Hamilton County last week
Business licenses issued Aug. 24-28, as provided by the Hamilton County Clerk's Office.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: Dr. William Blalock learned the importance of education and now leads by example
Growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. William Blalock always had an interest in science and medical TV shows, including one called "Medical Center" that featured the day-to-day challenges of the protagonist, Dr. Joe Gannon.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: CommonSpirit Memorial’s Matthew Thomas improves lives of doctors and patients with exercise
At CommonSpirit Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, the employee gym and the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation floor for patients are separated only by panes of glass. Patients can look in at doctors and nurses exercising as they prepare to do the same.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: Community Physician Jay Sizemore puts collaboration, relationships at the heart of care
As Jay Sizemore began his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital a few decades ago, promising advancements in the treatment of HIV were gaining ground and changing the lives of people for whom the diagnosis had once been devastating.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: Danielle Ciabattone eases patient anxiety about complex cardiac conditions by building trust
When working in a electrophysiology, a specialty of cardiovascular medicine which focuses mainly on diagnosing and treating heart rhythm disorders, the gap between a missed finding and a catastrophic outcome can be razor-thin, Harish Manyam, chief of cardiology at Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute, noted in his nomination of Danielle Ciabattone for a Champions of Health Care award.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: Chattanooga’s team doctor Jason Robertson sees the spirit in sports
One of Dr. Jason Robertson's favorite rooms at the Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics on McCallie Avenue is one where he spent time as an adolescent patient. When he was a three-sport athlete at Boyd-Buchanan School, he had broken bones and sprains and required multiple surgeries.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: No money, no problem for Volunteers in Medicine’s Judy Dedeker
There's a scene from the movie "Field of Dreams" where baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, played by the late actor Ray Liotta, explains his love for the game.
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Champions of Health Care 2026: Siskin Children’s Institute earns innovation award for autism screening and communication programs
Speech therapist Sidney Sherman taps the screen on a tablet-like communication device.
