Champions of Health Care 2023: Paul Farmer — Administrative excellence
Over nearly three decades at the Chattanooga Heart Institute, Paul Farmer has developed a reputation as a builder of medical practices, of facilities and perha…
Stories by Dave Flessner
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Growing Chattanooga web and digital design firm takes on a new name
From a second-floor storefront on Chattanooga's Fountain Square downtown, more than a dozen computer programmers, designers and strategists are building digita…
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Organized labor is having a moment
Those of a certain age may recall the triennial ritual of a debilitating United Auto Workers union strike against one of the Big Three U.S. car companies durin…
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Barley taproom in downtown Chattanooga to close after six years on MLK
After serving up a variety of handmade draft cocktails and high-gravity craft beers for the past six years, the Barley taproom in downtown Chattanooga will clo…
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Chatt Taste Food Tours and Magnolia Development win top Urban League honors
The Chattanooga Area Urban League recognized two graduates of its business training programs who have gone on to build growing businesses now recognized for th…
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Tennessee Gov. Lee praises skilled trades training at Chattanooga State
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a former licensed plumber and mechanical engineer, went back to school this week to see the advanced mechatronics, robotics, nondestru…
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Covenant School parent: ‘Our elected representatives have done nothing’
Parents of children at a Nashville Christian elementary school where a shooter killed three children and three adults March 27 are vowing to return to the Tenn…
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Chattanooga rent increases outpace most cities
Chattanooga's apartment rental rates are rising faster than in most cities, although housing costs in the Scenic City still remain more than 12% below the U.S.…
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East Chattanooga ‘food desert’ gets new grocery oasis with IGA store opening
An East Chattanooga grocery store that has struggled to survive under different owners and brands is reopening again next month as an IGA supermarket.
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TVA shores up retirement fund, pledges full plan funding by 2036
TVA's retirement fund, which was judged four years ago to have a funding shortfall of more than $5.3 billion, has boosted its financial standing and should pay…
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Fast charging network develops across the Tennessee Valley to power growing EV market
More than two years after the state of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley Authority launched an ambitious program to establish rapid-charging stations every 50…
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Chattanooga-area unemployment falls again last month
Unemployment in the Chattanooga area fell again last month as employers continued to hire more workers despite higher interest rates and inflation.
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Dutch Bros to open coffee and drink outlet in Hixson
One of the nation's fastest-growing drive-through coffee chains that also features a variety of wild and sugary drinks is expanding into Chattanooga with a new…
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TVA reverses course, won’t sell Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant; future use for facility undecided
Seven years after voting to sell its Bellefonte nuclear plant site, the Tennessee Valley Authority has reversed itself and decided to keep the Jackson County, …
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TVA raises rates, ends pandemic credits as higher inflation, interest rates and power demand push up costs
The Tennessee Valley Authority will raise its base electric rates this fall for the first time in four years and end a credit program that helped EPB and other…
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TVA's plans to build natural gas plants ignite fiery debate
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shut down the last of the coal-fired power plants that once supplied most of its power by 2035 as the federal utility m…
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TVA power demand expected to hit record levels as Chattanooga region heat index tops 100 degrees
This week's heat wave is expected to boost electricity consumption in the Tennessee Valley to one of the highest summertime levels in the past decade, with the…
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New zones proposed for rebuilding Chattanooga’s oldest housing project
A new type of downtown zoning is being proposed to aid the redevelopment of Chattanooga's biggest and oldest public housing project on the Westside.
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With 38% of Hamilton County families struggling to meet expenses, employers urged to adopt family-friendly practices to aid workers
Nearly 40% of families with children in Hamilton County are struggling to pay their bills, and 1 out of 4 new parents in the workforce have to return to their …
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Hamilton County’s growth sparks concerns among rural residents in Sale Creek
To Dale Vandergriff, who once farmed more than 300 acres on the northern end of Hamilton County, Sale Creek needs to remain a place for family farms.
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Charles Schwab plans job cuts and office downsizing amid efforts to reduce operating costs
Charles Schwab plans to cut jobs and close or downsize some corporate offices as part of company efforts to reduce operating costs, the financial services firm…
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Blue Light bar in Chattanooga shuts down after state liquor license is not renewed
The owner of the Blue Light bar, who has battled with the city's Beer Board over a half dozen citations against the Station Street club during the past two yea…
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Chattanooga's Market Street Partners merges with Atlanta accounting firm
One of Chattanooga's fastest-growing accounting firms is merging with the Atlanta-based Smith + Howard CPA firm, which was recently recognized by Inside Accoun…
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Tennessee’s unemployment rate drops to an all-time low
Unemployment in Tennessee fell to an all-time low in July as the Volunteer State continued to add new businesses and jobs despite fears of an economic slowdown…
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West Virginia-based bank expands into Chattanooga
A West Virginia-based bank now headed by former Chattanoogan Jeff Jackson has opened a loan production office in Chattanooga led by a handful of veteran local …
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US escalates trade dispute with Mexico over limits on genetically modified corn
The U.S. government said Thursday it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing row with Mexico over its limits on genetically modified c…
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Chattanooga trucking and logistics companies are among the fastest-growing businesses in US
Despite the slowdown in freight shipping this year, a record number of Chattanooga's trucking and logistics businesses moved into the fast lane in 2022 among A…
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Chattanooga ranks among best pet-friendly cities for renters
Chattanooga ranks among the best cities in America for renters with pets, according to a new study by the rental property search website Zumper.
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Sen. Blackburn backs quantum development in visit to Chattanooga
As EPB activates America's first commercial quantum network this summer in Chattanooga, more than three dozen academic, business and political leaders gathered…
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Chattanooga Gas bills to go up in fall
Chattanooga Gas Co. will raise its natural gas rates by an average of 6.3% next month under an annual cost recovery adjustment approved by state regulators Mon…
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Chattanooga startup LandYield tapping into carbon offset market
Less than 1% of the nearly 275 million acres of privately owned forestland in the United States benefits from the growing market for voluntary carbon offsets a…
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Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken coming to Hixson, downtown Chattanooga
Big Chicken, a fast-food chicken restaurant chain started five years ago by basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, will expand into Tennessee this fall wit…
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After leading the industry in cutting carbon, TVA slows decarbonization, building more gas plants
The Tennessee Valley Authority has led the South in carbon reduction since 2015, but a new study suggests the utility's growing reliance on natural gas to prod…
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Chattanooga gas prices jump 35 cents a gallon in the past month
Gas prices in Chattanooga have jumped by more than 35 cents a gallon in the past month, rising to their highest level since last summer, when gas prices spiked…
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Chattanooga investors buy four historic apartment complexes in the downtown area
As national real estate investment companies continue to buy into Chattanooga's newer suburban apartments, Chattanooga real estate investor Robert Fisher sees …
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Chattanooga-based Five Star Food Service expands in Middle Tennessee
The South's largest vending machine supplier continues to expand its service territory, buying another Canteen franchise business to expand into parts of 12 mo…
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Dixie Group loses $1.7 million in second quarter
The Dixie Group Inc. narrowed its losses in the second quarter of this year compared to a year ago, even as sales for the Chattanooga-based flooring manufactur…
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Chattanooga Gas switches to lower emission fuel
Chattanooga Gas Co. has become one of the first gas utilities in the country to shift entirely to certified low-emission natural gas as part of the commitment …
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Chattanooga's Tech Goes Home training program graduates over 10,0000
For nearly a decade, Chattanooga has offered gigabit-per-second internet service to every household, promoted by EPB for making Chattanooga the Gig City.
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New owners of East Ridge medical office add new tenants, plan building upgrade
Local physicians have joined with Chattanooga company Noon Development to buy and renovate one of the biggest medical offices in East Ridge from the owners of …
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TVA reports quarterly loss as milder weather this spring cuts power sales
A milder spring reduced air conditioning use and electricity consumption during April, May and June, resulting in a quarterly loss for the Tennessee Valley Aut…
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Remote work emptied Chattanooga office buildings. Now, housing is reinventing the scenic city’s core.
Downtown Chattanooga is losing some of its biggest buildings as thousands of office workers who once came to centrally-located offices every day are now workin…
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Chattanooga apartment, retail developer to buy Eureka Foundry site on Southside
A Chattanooga development firm that has bought and built apartments, offices and other commercial projects near the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga camp…
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Chattanooga gas prices jump 21 cents a gallon
Along with rising summertime temperatures last week, Chattanooga area gasoline prices rose to their highest level in eight months.
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Sales tax holidays in Tennessee offer breaks for back-to-school, grocery shoppers
With Tennessee removing its sales tax on school supplies and many clothing items this weekend, Natalie Cowart traveled to Chattanooga on Friday from her home i…
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TVA starts up $500 million gas plants ahead of schedule to meet summertime demand
The heat is on for electric utilities to power air conditioners amid the hottest temperatures of the summer so far in Chattanooga this week.
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Unemployment in the Chattanooga area rises to highest monthly rate in nearly two years
Unemployment in the Chattanooga area rose last month to its highest monthly level in nearly two years, but much of the jump in the local jobless rate reflected…
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Student loan processor to add 150 jobs in Dayton, Tennessee
Growing up in Dayton, Tennessee, Tony Hollin began his career making loans as a commercial lender for the former Rhea County National Bank while volunteering i…
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Chattanooga's Eureka Foundry to close after 121 years of operation
After 121 years of operation, Chattanooga's oldest family-owned foundry plans to cease operations by the end of September, leaving a handful of foundries in a …
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Riverboat cruises grow with Chattanooga stops
The biggest American-based cruise ship operator is doubling down on Chattanooga as a launching point for its Tennessee River cruises.
