Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly adds 3 new members to his team
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has added Mike Compton, Nicole Heyman and Quentin Lawrence to his administration, the Chattanooga Times Free Press has learned.
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Video of LGBTQ pride event prompts outcry at Chattanooga City Council meeting
The Chattanooga City Council heard a steady stream of concern from members of the community Tuesday about a video taken at a youth-oriented LGBTQ event over th…
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Lawmaker raises specter of federal takeover of Tennessee prison system
Lawmakers blasted the Department of Correction on Monday for making a weak response to a 2020 audit, with one legislator questioning whether the federal courts…
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Citizen criticizes lack of transparency in Red Bank candidates’ campaign flyer
A Red Bank resident has criticized a campaign flyer for three of the candidates running for the city's Board of Commissioners in the November election, as the …
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Revenue bonds for new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium need state OK to reach home safely
While the Chattanooga and Hamilton County governments plan to issue up to $80 million in bonds through their newly created Sports Authority to build a new Chat…
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Community members gather, demand change following East Ridge High School arrest video
Around 50 community members, Hamilton County students and their families gathered Monday evening to voice their concerns about the presence of police officers …
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Walden’s Ridge citizens weigh grocery store, village center
About 100 people showed up at a meeting Monday over a proposal for a Walden village center holding a grocery store, retail space and housing as they viewed pla…
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Hamilton County deputy involved in East Ridge student arrest was named in two Wilkey lawsuits
Hamilton County School Resource Deputy Tyler McRae, seen on video last week pulling the hair of an East Ridge High School student and pushing him to the ground…
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Proposed Erlanger North mental health hospital won’t need prior state approval under new Tennessee law
Unlike the last time Erlanger moved to open a behavioral health hospital, officials won't have to seek permission from state regulators to do so for the planne…
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Erlanger moves to convert Red Bank hospital into psychiatric facility
The Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees paved the way Thursday to convert the acute care side of Erlanger North Hospital on Morrison Springs Road in Red B…
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Hamilton County working group aims to address $1 billion school facilities ‘crisis’
A new working group assembled by Hamilton County leaders will look to tackle $1 billion in needed repairs across the county school system, and one of its chief…
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Unemployment rates in Chattanooga region edge lower in August
Higher interest rates imposed this year by the Federal Reserve Board have yet to disrupt much of Chattanooga's labor market, with unemployment in metropolitan …
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Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce reaches 110% of investment goal
Expansions by companies such as Steam Logistics and West Star Aviation in the past year helped the city's chief economic development group continue to blow pas…
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Hamilton County commissioners appoint Charles Paty judicial commissioner
After holding interviews with six candidates earlier this week, Hamilton County commissioners have appointed attorney Charles Paty to fill an open judicial com…
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Walden mayor questions new grocery store plan
Walden's mayor said Wednesday that a new proposal by a developer to build a mixed-use village center with a grocery store in the town is "substantially the sam…