Mary Fortune

Signs are going up and business owners are bracing for awkward conversations with customers who may not want to wear masks under an executive order that requires face coverings in most public places in Hamilton County beginning Friday.

As coronavirus cases increase, local leaders are grappling to balance economic and public health concerns as Chattanooga draws national attention as a coronavirus hotspot.

For the first time in the nearly 90-year history of Rock City, the Lookout Mountain tourist destination known for its storied view of seven states will be led by someone from outside the attraction's founding families.

For their Kansas-to-Georgia summer road trip in a rented van hauling three generations, Maureen Bell and her family packed the essentials.

Court has long been a place where people show up, stand up, and work out whatever's at issue in front of a judge or jury. From lawyers and their clients to court clerks and court reporters, it has always been all about being there.

Canceled events, deals months in the making that won't get done, down payments that people want back. The pandemic has snarled business and legal issues in novel ways that make the usual precedents all but useless.

Rebecca Ashford, the president of Chattanooga State Community College since July 2017, began her career in higher education in 1997 as a student advisor at what was then Brevard Community College in Florida. Over the last 20 years, she has held executive-level appointments at three community colleges.

There are about 1,200 attorneys practicing law in the Chattanooga area. These firms have the largest practice by number of attorneys, based on membership in the Chattanooga Bar Association. Several firms have the same number of attorneys and are tied for placement.

Their focus on teaching international teams to navigate the barriers of geography and culture put Hofstede Insights in a good spot to help businesses adapt to the challenges of pandemic work life, says Lisa DeWaard, managing director and CEO of the company's U.S. office.

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Dave Holliday spent decades marketing consumer products, from baked beans to body powder, before a corporate layoff led him to change gears.

When we invited our community to send in photos of essential workers on the job, we expected we'd hear from folks in health care and public transit, financial services providers and grocery stores, even zoos and veterinary offices.

Two Covenant Transport drivers who have merged marriage and the demands of cross-country, around-the-clock trucking were recently featured on a CBS special with Harry Connick Jr. highlighting essential workers.

In the first six months of 2020, Tennesseans received more than twice the money as a result of complaints about denied insurance claims than they did in the first six months of 2019.

Less than a week after reopening following 96 days without a visitor, the Tennessee Aquarium is in the running to be named one of the nation's best aquariums.

The turmoil of recent weeks and months has exposed inequalities in health care and the need for racial justice at a time when the population is growing more diverse, said Manuel Pastor in keynote comments during the annual Diversify Summit hosted Friday by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.

Two women are charged with vandalism, disorderly conduct, public intoxication and resisting arrest after several downtown businesses, including Sticky Fingers and Panera, were vandalized early Thursday morning.

In deciding to observe Juneteenth as an annual paid company holiday for the first time, Cempa Community Care was inspired in part by its mission and the people it serves, CEO Shannon Stephenson said.

A loose coalition of local small businesses shut their doors Tuesday as part of a revenue strike seeking the redistribution of money from the Chattanooga Police Department budget in favor of more financial support for community organizations.

Veterinary Care & Specialty Group has more than tripled its space with the opening of a new facility on Broad Street this week, and is rapidly growing its staff to keep specialized pet care closer to home.