TVA enters talks to power a carbon-free Oak Ridge
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to power its biggest research lab with carbon-free electricity by 2030 and has begun talks with the Tennessee Valley Author…
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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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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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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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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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Subscriber ExclusiveTennessee Valley power supplies not keeping pace with growth, study says
A year after rolling blackouts hit the Tennessee Valley for the first time, a new study on America's power grid says electricity demand continues to grow faste…
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TVA blasted for pay given to vice presidents
The Tennessee Valley Authority is paying each of the four regional vice presidents it added to the federal utility two years ago more than a quarter million a …
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Scottsboro adds fast chargers as EV charging network grows
The network of fast battery recharging devices growing across the Tennessee Valley added two more fast chargers in Scottsboro, Alabama, this week as the Tennes…
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The company man: Mike Bradshaw aids students and local startups in building business success at UTC center
Less than a month after Mike Bradshaw was promoted to head the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), …
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Meet 10 of the latest hirings and promotions in the Chattanooga business community
Karen Clement has been appointed as a tax director in its Chattanooga office of HHM Certified Public Accountants, Clement, a CPA with more than 20 years of exp…
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Morning Pointe to expand in Ooltewah with new memory care facility
Four years after opening the first phase of a 22-acre senior community in Ooltewah, Morning Pointe Senior Living announced plans Thursday to build an adjacent …
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TVA distributes calendars, conducts emergency drills around nuclear plants
Nuclear power provides the biggest share of electricity generated by the Tennessee Valley Authority and could supply even more power in the future as the feder…
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Financing plan approved for more affordable apartment complexes in Chattanooga
More than two years after Tennessee's housing agency approved a federal grant to develop more apartments for people with intellectual disabilities in Chattanoo…
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Union questions rehiring process at Chattanooga’s Mueller Co.
Antonio Espey landed the best-paying job he ever had last year when he was hired as an assembly worker at the Mueller Co. plant in Chattanooga.
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Unemployment edges higher in the Chattanooga area but remains near historic lows
Unemployment edged up last month across the Chattanooga area, but local employers continued to add jobs as the economy slowed but continued to grow, according …
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Energy costs moderate in Chattanooga with cheaper gas, lower rate of electricity price increases
Christmas shoppers may be paying more for many of their gift items this year, but Chattanoogans are getting some reprieve this fall in what they pay for energy.
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Chattanooga-based Covenant pays fine over hiring practices for non-U.S. citizens
Chattanooga's biggest locally based trucking company has agreed to pay a civil fine and change its hiring procedures for non-U.S. citizens after the U.S. Depar…
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Thanksgiving travel up this year in Chattanooga region, nation with cheaper gas, but air fares rise
Misty Way and her 8-year-old son, Daniel, are making their annual holiday trip this week from their home in Austin, Texas, to relatives in Kingston, Tennessee.
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Celebrity bagging day raises funds for United Way
Local celebrities will be bagging groceries Tuesday at 33 Food City supermarkets across the Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama to help support United Way in the g…
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First Financial Bank to buy Chattanooga area's SimplyBank
SimplyBank, the biggest bank in Rhea County and one of the largest independent banks in the Chattanooga region, is getting a new owner.
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Rivercity Apparel closing North Chattanooga store after nearly 27 years
One of the oldest women's clothing stores in North Chattanooga is selling out its merchandise and preparing to soon close.
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Publix opens new store in Ooltewah as Enclave shopping center takes shape
When Bassam Issa bought more than 53 acres at the southwest corner of East Brainerd and Ooltewah Ringgold roads in 2014, the Chattanooga developer said he knew…
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Subscriber ExclusiveGreyhound moves bus stop out of downtown Chattanooga as city eyes site for new homeless shelter
As more than 55 million Americans prepare to travel away from home over the Thanksgiving holidays, one means of transportation used by many will no longer be a…
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TVA to pay out record-high performance payments
More than 10,000 employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority will have extra reason to be thankful during Thanksgiving week when TVA pays its workers a record …
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TVA president compensated $10.5 million in 2023, highest for a federal employee
America's highest paid federal employee isn't getting a raise this year, and his performance pay for fiscal 2023 has been rolled back by the governing board fo…
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Chattanooga’s apprenticeship program praised as a national model
Unable to afford a four-year college degree, Emily Daily initially pursued training to become an esthetician skin care specialist.
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Electric vehicle, battery manufacturing charges up Tennessee Valley economy
TVA helped attract $9.2 billion in projected new investments in its seven-state region with an estimated 58,000 jobs from the announcements of new and expandin…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTVA faces rising cost pressure that likely will push up power rates
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which raised its wholesale rates last month for the first time in four years, may have more frequent rate hikes in coming years…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEnvironmental groups rally against TVA’s plans to build more gas power plants
America's biggest public utility isn't as public and transparent with its future power plans as the private, investor-owned utilities that operate in most of t…
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Subscriber ExclusiveApison tiny homes manufacturer expands with new plant in Cleveland, Tennessee
An Apison builder of tiny homes is expanding its market and production capabilities by building a new $15 million factory in Cleveland that is expected to add …
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Chattanooga festival brings more than 1,400 logistics industry leaders to ‘freight alley’
A slowdown in shipping volumes and rates this year has created one of the most challenging freight markets of the past decade, but one of the industry's bigges…
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Chattanooga gas prices drop to the lowest level since the start of the year
Donny Daugherty was preparing Monday to return to Orlando, Florida, after a weekend of softball at the Scenic City Fall Showcase when he spotted the gas price …
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga apartment complex sells for $45 million
For the second time in the past three years, one of Chattanooga's biggest apartment complexes has been purchased by a national real estate investment firm.
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Subscriber ExclusiveMajor Westside redevelopment in Chattanooga moves forward
As the economy rebounds from the COVID-19 shutdowns three years ago, the era of remote and hybrid work ushered in by the pandemic continues to limit the number…
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Comtrust credit union to build new headquarters on Riverfront Parkway
As the city and private developers prepare to redevelop Chattanooga's Westside with up to $2.3 billion of new housing and commercial projects, one of Chattanoo…
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Healthy choices for individual Tennesseans buying health insurance for 2024
Chattanoogans who don't have health insurance through their employer, Medicare or TennCare have a variety of options to choose from to buy individual insurance…
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Astec Industries loses $6.6 million in the third quarter
Astec Industries Inc. reported Wednesday a third-quarter loss of $6.6 million after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
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Beyond banks: Brightbridge Capital grows into one of the state’s top Small Business Administration lenders
Matt and Megan McClain met while both of them were working at Sweet CeCe's dessert outlet near Nashville a decade ago.
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Economy expected to slow next year, boosting US jobless rate near 5%, First Horizon bank investment advisor predicts
The Federal Reserve Board is expected to continue its three-month pause in raising short-term interest rates as it wraps up this week's meeting Wednesday, but …
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New coffee shop to open in Ooltewah’s Cambridge Square in January
Denis Liskevich said he developed a taste for gourmet coffee while in college in Portland, Oregon.
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Halloween spending projected to hit record high this year
Trinity Kay didn't dress up for Halloween last year, but Sunday she was buying a hat and mechanic's shirt as a costume to celebrate Halloween this year.
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Big River Grille closes downtown Chattanooga location after 30 years
One of Tennessee's first brew pubs has closed after operating for more than 30 years in downtown Chattanooga.
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Tennessee sales tax moratorium on food and groceries ending
Tennesseans will pay more for groceries, starting Wednesday, when the state's three-month suspension of its sales tax on food expires.
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International logistics firm expands to Chattanooga’s North River Commerce Park
Chattanooga's newest industrial park has landed its second major distribution operation in as many months.
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Chattanooga jobless rate edges lower and remains below state and U.S. average
Despite plant closings so far this year at a half dozen area businesses, unemployment in metropolitan Chattanooga declined again last month and remained below …
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Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama among states with highest rates of sexual harrassment
The states with the highest rates of sexual harassment charges in the workplace and the number of such charges per 100,000 people from 2018 through 2021 were:
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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile visits Chattanooga senior living center
A 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels rolled into the Holiday Creekside senior living center on Shallowford Road around lunchtime Wednesday.
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Chattanooga Choo Choo lodgings now called Hotel Chalet
The refurbished hotel at the Chattanooga Choo Choo will open as The Hotel Chalet on Tuesday, and a new Elsie's Daughter restaurant will open at the hotel three…
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T-Mobile cuts 127 jobs at Chattanooga call center
T-Mobile is cutting 127 jobs at its Chattanooga call center next week as the wireless carrier grapples with rising costs related to adding more subscribers in …
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Fuel, electricity gets cheaper in Chattanooga
After a surge in travel and the war in Ukraine combined to push up oil and gas prices a year ago, Chattanooga homeowners and motorists are getting a reprieve t…
