Tierra Hayes is a correspondent and digital editor for the Times Free Press. She is from Athens, Georgia, and graduated from Southern Adventist University in 2020 with her B.S. Mass Communication-Writing/Editing.
While for many the choice for president is cut and dried, some Chattanooga area residents have found themselves wavering or unsure of what to do as Nov. 3 nears in an increasingly polarizing election season.
by Tierra HayesWhile there has been record turnout for in-person early voting, North Georgia counties are also expecting a surge in absentee voting as people opt to vote remotely.
by Tierra HayesWhile 2020 has been a year filled with not-so-good news, it may be the perfect year for vivid fall colors in the Chattanooga area.
by Tierra HayesIn an effort to modernize the county's permitting process, Walker County Sole Commissioner Shannon Whitfield introduced a proposed ordinance to create a special events permit during a public hearing on Oct. 8.
by Tierra HayesWhat is a coronavirus "cluster?" It depends on who's answering the question.
by Elizabeth Fite and Tierra HayesFor Jamie Noble and her family, the transition to remote learning was anything but easy.
by Tierra HayesMore than four months past the usual April 1 deadline for responding to the U.S. Census, much of the Chattanooga region lags behind the response rate for the census compared with the last census in 2010.
by Tierra HayesDuring the final Hamilton County school board debate on Wednesday evening, 16-year incumbent Rhonda Thurman and lifelong resident Stephen Vickers demonstrated strong commitments to the Soddy-Daisy community with contrasting approaches on how to advocate for that community and how schools should respond to COVID-19.
by Tierra HayesThis isn't the first time that Chattanooga has seen civil unrest.
by Tierra HayesAs the state of Tennessee and the local county and city governments ease restrictions amid the novel coronavirus, many public Chattanooga area greenspaces have reopened.
by Tierra HayesAfter a series of back-to-back shootings in 2015, Chattanooga natives Logan Taylor and Dontay Hampton decided to be there in a tangible way for their community by creating Y.B.Normal?, an organization aimed at providing support for troubled and underprivileged youth.
by Tierra HayesWhile today the Chattanooga Lookouts fight for future seasons, in 1930 and 2000 the minor league team celebrated the openings of two new stadiums in the city.
by Tierra HayesIn March of 1867, much of Chattanooga found itself underwater, ravished by days of continuous rain that caused the Tennessee River to surge around 58 feet higher than usual.
by Tierra HayesThe first time East Brainerd-based chocolatier Ella Livingston tasted Nama chocolate from her homeland of Ghana while studying abroad in Japan, she had one thought: Why hadn't she had it before?
by Tierra HayesOn Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1909, the fifth page of the Chattanooga Times featured a headline announcing the grand opening of the Chattanooga Terminal set to start operations the next day: "Lights are turned on, New Terminal Station is Brightly Illuminated," it read.
by Tierra HayesAs the city of Collegedale deals with fallout from a lawsuit that alleges its police department operates an "illegal quota system," that same department recently helped garner the city high marks in terms of safety statewide.
by Tierra HayesThe city of Collegedale is offering free bike rentals and lessons at Imagination Station as part of the city's Bikes on the Greenway program, open to residents from the surrounding area as well.
by Tierra Hayes