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McLemore plans further investment into aging sewage system after spills into Mill Creek
The developers of a luxury resort in Walker County have poured more than $5 million into upgrading an aging sewage system, an official said, and they intend to make further repairs after two spills that dumped thousands of gallons of raw sewage into Mill Creek.

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US home prices hit an all-time high as sales slow and mortgage rates rise
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in June, but a key measure of home prices climbed to an all-time high, adding to affordability challenges for prospective homebuyers.

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AI is reshaping the economy, but good luck measuring how
Pretty much everyone agrees that artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the economy in the coming decades. But no one is sure what effect the technology is having right now.

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Stocks recover losses, and oil prices ease as calm returns to financial markets worldwide
Stocks rose, and oil prices eased Thursday as financial markets calmed in the wait to see what will come next after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran.

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Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter killer,’ finds its people
After Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and turned it into X, Meta created a rival social network called Threads. It immediately overtook OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the app that reached 100 million sign-ups the fastest.
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Chattanooga tech start-up accelerator partners with national lab
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Chattanooga entrepreneur center The Company Lab on Wednesday announced a partnership between that aims to enhance technology commercialization and support the growth of deep tech start-ups in Chattanooga.

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Chattanooga area Planning Commission chair out after more than a decade
City, County mayors to select new leader for key development panel

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Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise CEO resigns
Nonprofit boss will leave at the end of summer to return to Missouri

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Cozy books: See the business licenses issued in Hamilton County last week
Business licenses issued June 29-July 4, as provided by the Hamilton County Clerk's Office.

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Georgia utility regulators greenlight probe into data center costs
The Georgia Public Service Commission approved an investigation into whether Georgia Power's industrial customers who are heavy energy consumers, like data centers, are shifting some costs to residential customers.
