Hamilton County Commission rejects changes to public comment procedures
Hamilton County residents can still speak before the County Commission concerning items not on the agenda without providing a week's notice to commission staff.
Hamilton County residents can still speak before the County Commission concerning items not on the agenda without providing a week's notice to commission staff.
A resolution that would have prohibited new short-term vacation rentals in residential zones of unincorporated Hamilton County failed to pass the County Commis…
Soddy-Daisy city commissioners are set to vote Thursday on whether to provide compensation for the mayor and commissioners, who now serve as volunteers. If app…
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The Hamilton County Commission is set to vote Wednesday on amendments to commission meeting proceedings that, if passed, would go into effect that day.
A Chattanooga Times Free Press survey of compensation for managers of Hamilton County municipalities — aside from Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Ridgeside, …
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After the failure of a recent controlled burn to destroy invasive plants on Maclellan Island, the Chattanooga Audubon Society plans to bring goats on boats to …
After a months-long search, members of the Signal Mountain Town Council have voted unanimously to approve an employment contract with Matthew Trollinger to ser…
The Soddy-Daisy City Commission has postponed a vote to establish pay for the city's mayor and commissioners, who now serve as volunteers.
Hamilton County commissioners voted unanimously to increase the county's contract for engineering services at the former McDonald Farm in Sale Creek by nearly …
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Former Whitfield County Sheriff's Office K-9 officer Eddy and his handler, former Deputy Todd Thompson, were the pride of the Sheriff's Office in 2019, when th…
Bordered by protected land owned by the state and the Chattanooga Audubon Society, the former McDonald Farm property in Sale Creek now owned by Hamilton County…
A shortfall in projected sales tax revenue that was intended to go toward capital improvements is causing the city of East Ridge to delay the purchase of neede…
East Ridge is taking a stance against townhomes and other multiple-family residential arrangements popping up in neighborhoods.
A group of North Hamilton County residents is concerned with the sale of land in Soddy-Daisy to investors from foreign countries, most of whom appear to have C…
Hamilton County is postponing for 90 days a request to rezone parcels of McDonald Farm in order to consider other zoning options, according to a release from H…
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The city of East Ridge is renewing its agreement with Nicole Osborne Watson of the Nashville law firm Holland & Knight to serve as a lobbyist for the city at a…
McKamey Animal Center is opening a satellite facility at the MetMin Impact Hub offering support services to people who struggle to afford care for their pets.
Readers of the Chattanooga Times Free Press contributed nearly $40,000 in 2023 to the newspaper's Neediest Cases Fund, which helps members of the community who…
A rare eastern spotted skunk is in the care of the For Fox Sake wildlife rehabilitation facility in Chattanooga after the animal was found in the crawl space o…
For Diesel, a gray, three-legged dog and longtime resident of the Humane Educational Society in Chattanooga, a long wait came to a happy ending during the holi…
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The East Ridge City Council is renewing the city's agreement to provide fire and police service to the city of Ridgeside despite one council member's argument …
The East Ridge City Council awarded a $2.3 million bid to Adams Contracting for the first phase of the North Mack Smith Road widening and improvements project,…
The one public elementary school within the city of Red Bank remains at risk of closure if the Hamilton County school board votes to follow recommendations mad…
Chattanooga wildlife rehabilitation facility Opie Acres is in need of financial assistance following an outbreak of a virus among the raccoons in its care.
A single grandmother in her 60s, Darlene Dove has struggled over the years to raise four grandchildren on her own.
An overflow crowd of around 100 people gathered at Soddy-Daisy City Hall on Friday to express concerns about a proposed rezoning of property in an unincorporat…
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As many families prepare to board their pets during their holiday travels, a mystery canine respiratory illness that's highly contagious and resistant to antib…
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For the final installment of Chatter's four-part Scenic City Backroads series, which is based on the website created by car enthusiast Eddie Rahm, we're focusi…
As a volunteer at the Senior Lighthouse Center in Spring City, Marsha Hendricks regularly encounters older adults in the community living on fixed incomes and …
The city of Chattanooga is reconfiguring Central Avenue, one of several streets the city plans to "right size" by reducing traffic lanes in an effort to improv…
Need for food assistance is growing in the Soddy-Daisy area, where the Soddy-Daisy Food Bank saw around a 30% increase in clients over the past six months.
The Chattanooga area is known for its biological diversity, but the abundance of bird species that call the region home and migrate through the area may be sur…
Late fall is arguably the most beautiful time of year in the Scenic City, an ideal time to embark on a journey along one of the area's backroads.
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The city of East Ridge is launching a feasibility study for sports facility upgrades and infrastructure improvements at Camp Jordan Park.
At least 100 more license plate reader cameras could be installed on state roads in Hamilton County through a state grant aimed at preventing violent crime tha…
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