Hamilton County mayor pledges focus on roads, families, addiction in speech
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's priorities for the upcoming year include investments in public schools, creating a quick response team of first responders …
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's priorities for the upcoming year include investments in public schools, creating a quick response team of first responders …
Although it stirred a debate about whether the changes would be redundant, Hamilton County commissioners intend to take up a proposal next week to create a new…
Almost two years ago, each of the nine Chattanooga City Council members was allocated $100,000 in federal relief money to allot to organizations in their distr…
The Manhattan Institute, a conservative New York-based think tank, has released the results of public safety polling it conducted last month in Chattanooga.
Auto burglaries and fatal overdoses in Hamilton County both dropped in 2023, while child abuse cases increased.
Chattanooga's chief information technology officer, Tyson Morris, said his two-year tenure with city government has been the most rewarding job he's ever had, …
A new $3 million fire training tower at the Chattanooga Fire and Police Training Center at 3200 Amnicola Highway should be complete this fall.
After hearing another round of concerns from residents, Hamilton County commissioners approved a 447-unit senior living community in Ooltewah on Wednesday. Som…
Anytime there's an accident on Highway 58 or Interstate 75, traffic tends to pile up on Hunter Road, and the stationary cars remind long-time resident Tammy Da…
Arguing they are more politically aligned with Tennessee lawmakers, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp said county governments should receive their fair share o…
One of the tools Chattanooga officials use to encourage developers to build affordable housing may have broken down.
With the project attracting concerns from neighbors, Hamilton County commissioners will next week take up a request to rezone more than 80 acres for a $135 mil…
After regulating beer sales and tow truck companies for four decades under a single volunteer board, Chattanooga leaders have officially split those responsibi…
The city auditor has been asked to investigate a complaint that City Council member Demetrus Coonrod, of Eastdale, does not live in her political district boun…
To Allison Gorman, it's clear state lawmakers in Nashville aren't representing the interests of most Tennessee voters.
Chattanooga may be the only city in America where a single volunteer board regulates both beer sales and tow truck companies. That could soon change.
Out of the 17 Tennessee state Senate races in 2022, the closest — a matchup in Knox County between Republican Richard Briggs and Democrat Bryan Langan — had a …
Although it will require a series of additional votes over the next few weeks before it's finalized, an agreement to plug a funding gap for a new $115 million …
After weeks of negotiations, a final plan to plug a funding gap in a proposed $115 million minor league baseball stadium in the South Broad District has cleare…
Seeking financial assistance from the federal government, city officials hope to expand a multiuse trail that would link South Chattanooga residents to jobs, s…
State Sen. Todd Gardenhire is optimistic his colleagues in the Tennessee General Assembly will pass a bill designed to encourage developers to invest in afford…
The statistics paint a dire picture.
Compared to the deal announced three weeks ago, a new funding plan to cover the higher price tag for a new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium could save Hamilton Cou…
The Hamilton County and Chattanooga mayors have settled on a new proposal to cover a price increase for a minor league ballpark in the South Broad District, wh…
In Madrid, Spain, where Shelby Meek lived for about five years, parks were a shared space where visitors could feel embedded in their community.
After their preferred partner for the project ran into legal trouble, Chattanooga officials are renewing their search for a developer to convert a dilapidated …
After officials last week postponed efforts to rezone a swath of the former McDonald Farm, Hamilton County commissioners expressed a range of opinions Wednesda…
The Chattanooga City Council pushed a vote on the new Lookouts stadium back a week Tuesday as negotiations continue on plans to plug a funding gap in the proje…
Following a new law passed last year, polling places in Tennessee must post signs for the March 5 primary election warning voters it's illegal for them to vote…
After new legislation was signed by the governor in May 2023, polling places in Tennessee must post a sign warning voters it's a crime to vote in a political p…
The Chattanooga Lookouts don’t have the space they need at their existing home on Hawk Hill to meet all the facility expectations set by Major League Baseball,…
A group of private property owners is dropping a lawsuit it filed against the city of Chattanooga, which sought to challenge new rules about short-term vacatio…
Mayor Tim Kelly is touting a new ranking of the nation's best performing large cities, which shows Chattanooga rose 26 spots — from No. 72 to 46 — out of 200 o…
To remain in line with their counterparts in Hamilton County government, members of the Chattanooga City Council will wait a week before considering an updated…
What motivated Quentin Lawrence to become a minister? The easy answer would be the Lord, he jokes, but fundamentally, it was an inner calling to serve people.
The twin crises plaguing Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are racial and economic inequality, according to labor organizer Peter Rickman.
Eyeing construction of a new sports arena built partially with public funds in 2016, the Milkwaukee Bucks entered into a legally binding contract with the comm…
With staff members in Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's office stating they need more time to learn about a newly revealed proposal to fund construction of a…
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp criticized the head of the County Commission on Monday for negotiating a new deal for the Lookouts stadium project and saying…
A new ballpark for the Chattanooga Lookouts will cost taxpayers less than anticipated, city and county officials said Monday.
The manager at Avondale Community Center, Gerald Perry, will be able to return to work after a human resources investigation found he created a toxic work envi…
Taxpayers are in strong position to demand a better deal from the Chattanooga Lookouts and landowners as the team eyes a new multiuse baseball stadium in the S…
After some debate Wednesday, Hamilton County commissioners authorized $3.7 million for various maintenance projects at local schools, including paving, roof re…
The brother of a Chattanooga City Council member livestreamed his own traffic stop in Brainerd as it escalated to deputies breaking the driver's side window an…
Retired bank president Jack Allen will square off against U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, for his District 3 congressional seat, which stre…
With plans in the works for the construction of a new multiuse baseball stadium on a prominent, blighted parcel in the South Broad District, one lobbying firm …
With officials hoping to make some progress on addressing a backlog of maintenance needs, Hamilton County commissioners are considering more than $3 million of…
With snowfall and frigid temperatures making outside conditions inhospitable, the Chatt Foundation's winter homeless shelter provided a warm place to sleep for…
Chattanooga's public works department is treating roads and has thousands of tons of salt on standby as the region braces for snowfall.
With a vote looming in the next several weeks, at least some Hamilton County commissioners and Chattanooga City Council members feel better about the plans to …