Over the past half-century, Chattanooga went from being labeled by the federal government as "the dirtiest city" in America to being named "best town ever" by Outside magazine.

Catoosa County, Georgia, is recommending approval of local legislation to create a public facilities authority, which county attorney Chad Young said will give the county the ability to engage in tax-exempt bond financing for public facilities projects.

The in-person taxpayers who tend to show up at the courthouse in late February may be stuck in a very long line this year if they don't make other plans, said Hamilton County Trustee Bill Hullander.

A push by the Hamilton County Commission to loosen rules restricting commissioner salaries has raised transparency issues with a state senator and could affect the pay of other county and city elected officials.

Early voting goes until Feb. 25 at three locations.

Jenny Hill says she plans to maintain her Hamilton County school board seat even if she is elected to the Chattanooga City Council.

A Tennessee legislator says he's both stunned and delighted by the response he's getting in Tennessee, the U.S. and from all over the world on his effort to commission and place a statue of country music legend, actress, businesswoman and humanitarian Dolly Parton on the state Capitol's grounds.

The Catoosa County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday to consider a resolution related to creation of the Catoosa County Public Facilities Authority.

The Times Free Press Voter Guide for the 2021 Chattanooga mayoral and city council races is now available.

At a small TV station in July, two candidates vying for the open congressional seat for Northwest Georgia sat next to each other behind a table decorated with a stars-and-stripes pleated fan. One looked more comfortable than the other.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out Friday at "morons" in both parties who voted to kick her off her committees, a day after the House meted out the unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she'd earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.

The three best-funded Chattanooga mayoral candidates have raised more than $800,000 to date, with about a month until the March 2 election.

The Tennessee Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up the state's appeal on the education savings account program after two lower courts found it unconstitutional.

A Chattanooga police officer is under investigation after reportedly kicking and removing a city council candidate's campaign sign in front of several witnesses who said he became combative after he was reported.

Many leading Chattanooga mayoral candidates have recognized affordable housing as a top priority, beginning to collaborate with Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise ahead of the election.

As a high schooler faced with the daunting task of applying for colleges, Damary Gutierrez Hernandez quickly realized she had two options.

Since former President Donald Trump's departure from Washington, D.C., North Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has rapidly become the Republican politician everyone is talking about.

More than half of likely Chattanooga voters in each of the seven voting districts with contested council races in March are undecided, according to a recent poll, but almost every district agrees on the importance of public safety and economic issues.

The Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition is conducting its annual count this week with leaders expecting to see an increase in the number of area residents who are homeless.

The last leg of Chattanooga's Riverwalk south of the Tennessee River is about set for construction as the trail hits a milestone decades in the making that will link downtown to the heart of St. Elmo.

In Facebook comments and posts made in 2018 and 2019, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's social media accounts indicated support for executing prominent Democrats.

Starting Monday, the youngest students in Hamilton County Schools will be back in the classroom as district leaders adjust their reopening strategy and new COVID-19 cases continue to fall in the county.

Rain moving out. Sunny and warm this afternoon, high 67.