The Chattanooga hotel market was the most occupied in the country in the week following devastating Easter Sunday tornadoes that displaced thousands of people and brought thousands more into town to help with recovery.

With my family's insurance renewals coming up, I've spent the past couple of months checking out home and auto coverage from different companies.

Sierra Cannon, who has served as sales director at Garden Plaza at Greenbriar Cove for almost five years, was recently named executive director at the independent living community.

In troubled times, people have been known to hoard currency at home - a financial security blanket against deep uncertainty. But in this crisis, things are different.

Think of the Atlanta airport terminal and the large maze that is the line that twists and turns, back and forth, to get travelers to security checkpoints.

Home sales in Chattanooga fell nearly 18% last month and the inventory of houses on the market fell by more than 26% as home-bound Chattanoogans were less likely to want to either buy or sell their homes during the worst of the coronavirus shutdowns in April.

As major Chattanooga employers report positive cases of COVID-19, companies say they're taking a wide range of steps, and spending money, to focus on worker safety.

After battling construction delays, the coronavirus and a meat shortage, Chris Bilbra and his wife Sarah have managed to fulfill a lifetime dream of having their own craft butcher shop and deli in Ooltewah.

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Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant on Friday reported a second incident of COVID-19 at its facility.

Amazon reported Friday that an employee at its Chattanooga distribution center at Enterprise South industrial park has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Taco Bell plans to hire at least 30,000 new employees to fill not only vacant jobs at its more than 7,000 restaurants but also to add new safety-focused and cleaning jobs to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Q: I see tests for COVID-19 advertised, how do I know these are legitimate?

Dr. Thomas Devlin, a Chattanooga neurologist who helped Erlanger Health System gain national and international recognition in stroke care, has agreed with Erlanger to part ways, he said in a message to the Times Free Press.

Despite a steep drop in passenger traffic due to COVID-19, Chattanooga Airport has moved ahead with key projects as officials see an eventual end to the dreary state of air travel due to the virus.

Drizly, the nation's first and largest alcohol e-commerce marketplace, has expanded its on-demand delivery service to Chattanooga.

Two months to the day after Volkswagen closed its Chattanooga plant amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the factory's president said Thursday that the timing is right for restarting operations.

Unemployment jumped to a record high across Tennessee and Georgia last month as businesses closed and workers were laid off across nearly all industries due to the coronavirus.

Chattanooga businessman Tim Kelly is running for mayor of Chattanooga, saying he wants to get the city "back on the right track."

State and local officials have announced that Chattanooga area restaurants can begin reopening dine-in services at limited capacity, but many restaurants have stated they will remain closed or only offer takeout and delivery options still. Below is a list of area restaurants and what services they are providing.

The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority is getting a $1.88 million grant to help replace three diesel buses with all-electric transit buses as well as to pay for associated costs on charging infrastructure required to supply them with power.

More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, including another 28,692 in Tennessee, in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months ago and sent the economy into a deep recession.

NOTICE: The Hamilton County Register's Office did not publish this data. All information in the Register's Office is public information as set on in T.C.A. 10-7- 503.