Ace Hardware grows in slowing economy as the place for service, convenience, CEO says
Despite higher interest rates slowing the economy and e-commerce shifting more buying away from brick-and-mortar stores, Ace Hardware boosted its third quarter…
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Urban League awards individuals, UTC and city with inclusion awards
The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga awarded its annual community impact award to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for its ongoing support of its …
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TVA reactors all rated exemplary for the first time
Growing up on a lake in Canton, Ohio, where hockey was a favorite sport, Tim Rausch skated his way onto a North American travel hockey team and once hoped to b…
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BBB offers its ‘naughty list’ of seasonal schemes
With 2023 quickly winding down, Better Business Bureau has compiled our naughty list of the top 12 scams of the season. When shopping or donating this holiday …
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Some VW Chattanooga employees launch new effort to join United Auto Workers
Some Volkswagen employees at the company's Chattanooga assembly plant Thursday launched an organizing campaign to again align with the United Auto Workers.
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TVA plans to build its 8th new gas plant in 3 years
The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning to build a natural gas plant in central Mississippi to meet its growing power load and make up for the coal plants t…
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McLemore hiring 200 workers for new Lookout Mountain hotel
A Lookout Mountain golf resort plans to hire about 200 workers for its new Curio by Hilton hotel and other golf, lodging and restaurant operations by next spri…
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Chattanooga, Hamilton County OK 20-year tax break for affordable housing project
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise will proceed with a 32-unit affordable housing project at 2003 Bailey Ave. after city and county leaders this week approved…
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UTC nursing school wins student choice award
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing has been named the best in the nation by student and alumni voters in the inaugural Top Nursing Sc…
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Chattanooga to use $500,000 federal grant to study passenger rail service
Chattanooga will study the potential of a passenger train corridor between Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta with the help of a $500,000 federal gran…
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Dayton, Tennessee-founded Drip Kitchen & Coffee expands footprint into Hixson
When the Van Meter family first launched Drip Kitchen & Coffeehouse in Dayton, Tennessee, they never imagined the possibility of one day owning multiple locati…
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Some want Chattanooga to go further to protect pedestrians after traffic pattern changes on Frazier Avenue
After Chattanooga officials took steps to enhance pedestrian safety along Frazier Avenue, community members commended the city for quick action, but some voice…
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What to know as new Red Bank mental health hospital prepares to open
Erlanger Behavioral Health Hospital's new 48-bed inpatient psychiatric facility for adults is on track to start treating patients Dec. 12, officials said follo…
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US energy secretary says new small nuclear reactors must be built to meet global climate pledge
A half century after pulling the plug on an earlier nuclear reactor design, the Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing the same Clinch River site to build Ame…
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Best and worst restaurant inspection reports in the Chattanooga area for the week ending Dec. 5, 2023
The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect restaurants twice a year and grade businesses on a 100-point scale.
