Logan Hullinger

Hamilton County residents needing to register their vehicles will no longer have to undergo emissions testing beginning next year — and it could prompt them to wait before pulling the trigger on paperwork.

Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Martin will run for re-election to the new District 3 seat in 2022, he announced Friday.

Hamilton County School Board chair Tucker McClendon will run for Hamilton County Commission in 2022 in what will be the vacant District 8 seat.

Republicans on the Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday shot down a $50 million proposal to build 184 houses in Ooltewah.

Chattanooga has failed to appoint and hire people of color to helm its boards and other government positions, City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod alleged Tuesday evening.

Chattanooga's internal audit office will review whether a conflict of interest took place when the city helped empty out a homeless encampment from property owned by Mayor Tim Kelly as he prepared to sell it.

Hamilton County Commission chair Sabrena Smedley officially announced Thurday her bid for county mayor in 2022.

Hamilton County Commissioner Chip Baker will run for re-election next year in the significantly altered District 2, he announced Wednesday.

Hamilton County Commission chair Sabrena Smedley said Wednesday she would make an announcement "important to Hamilton County" at a Thursday news conference, three days after she filed paperwork with the county elections commission to begin a run for county mayor.

The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the confirmation of Brent Goldberg as the city's chief financial officer.

The Chattanooga City Council unanimously approved Tuesday an updated ordinance to crack down on vandalism, an action that one organization said will result in the criminalization of the city's homeless population.

In Chattanooga's relatively small, but growing skateboard scene, Herbert Brown has accomplished something he said nobody else has in the city's history: becoming a professional skateboarder.

Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd will not run for re-election next year.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has named as his chief of staff Joda Thongnopnua, a city employee who previously served as the city's chief policy officer since April.

Hamilton County Commissioner Randy Fairbanks will run for re-election next year in the transformed District 1, he has announced.

Hamilton County's two mayoral candidates on Wednesday pitched their vision for the county's future, to varying levels of detail.

The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $19 million loan from the state to make improvements to its wastewater treatment system that officials say will cut back on sewage overflow.

Living in a moldy apartment with no functioning heat, ventilation or air conditioning, Ronald Prigmore knew he had to get out of his lease and move to a safe home.

The Chattanooga Department of Community Development and Signal Centers have partnered to use the city's community centers to better serve low-income parents and pregnant women through the city's rebranded Family Forward Program.

Hamilton County mayoral candidate Matt Hullander will not bankroll his own campaign and will hold a public event laying out his political platform on Wednesday, according to a news release.