Two members of the Walker County school board are ineligible to serve because they have children who work as administrators in the school system, a lawsuit cla…
Two life-long LaFayette men — one touting his community service, the other his common sense — are competing in a runoff for a seat on the City Council.
A Bartow County-based developer has withdrawn a request for a zoning change after multiple neighbors told the Catoosa County Planning Commission they didn't wa…
A new 34-mile trail stretches across Lookout Mountain, connecting Georgia's Cloudland Canyon State Park to St. Elmo.
More Walker County public schools were found to have waterborne lead at a range of levels after the district participated in voluntary testing this fall, and o…
Chris Arnt, Superior Court judge for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, said he presided over a three-day jury trial when he started in March and has been …
A Whitfield County man who distributed an illicit fentanyl pill linked to the overdose death of a minor has been sentenced to prison.
First-time candidate Trey Deck was elected mayor of Chickamauga in Tuesday's municipal election, while 19-year-old Matthew Nave was elected to the City Council.
Annalee Harlan Sams made history Tuesday night when she was elected mayor of Dalton.
Here are the results from several elections in Northwest Georgia on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
While most of the wildfires burning in Northwest Georgia are contained, state officials are sending more resources to Walker County's 700-acre Highway 157 fire.
Three candidates are running to be Dalton's next mayor, as Mayor David Pennington is not seeking reelection. Three City Council candidates are vying to fill th…
Ringgold's incumbent mayor is facing a challenge from a former City Council member, while a political newcomer hopes to win a City Council seat.
Chickamauga voters are seeing a trio of rare competitive races in Georgia's upcoming municipal elections with challengers to incumbents accusing elected offici…
After 25 years of songwriting, Chattanooga musician Ashley Krey was looking for new topics to write about, and tales from Northwest Georgia about what some cal…
A Hixson man was among four arrested in a Northwest Georgia sting operation focused on people intending to sexually abuse children they meet online, according …
Chattanooga Hip-Hop Week is more than a celebration of music, organizers say, it's an opportunity for local artists and others in the industry to learn about t…
As a child riding the school bus through Chattanooga Valley in Georgia, Duane Horton said he remembered looking up at Lookout Mountain with a sense of wonder.
CHI Memorial is asking for the community's help in reaching a fundraising goal of $5 million for the health system's replacement hospital in North Georgia, acc…
Vintage train trips have returned to Northwest Georgia, and officials and residents in both Summerville and Chickamauga are making sure passengers from Chattan…
A proposed residential development in rural Chattanooga Valley was blocked when the Walker County Board of Commissioners denied a request to rezone nearly 130 …
In their own unique way, Abe Partridge, Clayton Jones and Vic Burgess are all working to keep the art of songwriting vital. All three are recording music, play…
Several people whose dogs were seized in an animal abuse case at a dog trainer's home are criticizing Walker County Animal Control officials for delays in retu…
A motorcycle rider was killed and others were injured when a Calhoun, Georgia, man allegedly drove his pickup truck into the back of the group of motorcyclists…
As the invasive Joro spider becomes common in the Chattanooga area, preliminary research from a local university shows the East Asian spider's range could expa…
A statewide housing task force had its first meeting in Dalton, Georgia, late last month, and county officials are working to meet the task force's goal of inc…
A Walker County couple is facing animal cruelty charges in a case involving nearly 100 animals at their home near Chickamauga, Georgia.
Choices teenagers make can have life-long effects, and a community effort called Teen Maze encourages them to think before they act.
Backed by about 200 conservative advocates at a rally at the Gold Dome in Atlanta, state Sen. Colton Moore, R-Trenton, on Thursday accused Georgia elected offi…
Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore, R-Trenton, continues pressing for a special legislative session to investigate the Fulton County district attorney prosecuting…
For most of his life, Ray Trotter never tried to have his writing published.
Opioid overdoses can affect anyone regardless of economic status or location, harm reduction advocates said after canvassing neighborhoods where suspected over…
Homegrown country musicians Lauren Alaina and Brandon Davis will headline the re-imagined Little Debbie Hamilton County Fair this year, county officials announ…
Calling it a triple win for the community, Catoosa County Schools' superintendent Thursday celebrated the opening of an 80,000-square-foot facility for a caree…
A Catoosa County jury found Daniel Vaughn not guilty Wednesday on all six charges stemming from a fatal shooting after a road rage incident in 2021.
The record is clear that Daniel Vaughn killed Chad Pedigo after a lengthy Battlefield Parkway road rage incident on Sept. 6, 2021 — but was it murder or self-d…
Some Whitfield County residents are criticizing a special taxing district they said goes against the voters' wishes and diverts tax money to benefit developers.
Responding to a significant jump in property values as determined by 2023 assessments, community members in Chattooga County have been organizing to help their…
Across Northwest Georgia, teachers and school officials are welcoming students back to campus as officials in the Catoosa and Walker county school districts wo…
The Agony is what Jim Wilbanks calls an ear dipper -- an underground passage so filled with water that cavers must keep one ear submerged as they move along.
For Austin Foster, it wasn't a unique experience.
In the run-up to a new fiscal year school budget that's expected to include a school property tax increase and cuts at Catoosa County Public Schools, some taxp…
Recently released reports from the state of Georgia said the 5-year-old boy who fell off a water slide at Lake Winnepesaukah likely suffered a fractured arm an…
The construction of an inclusive playground has been approved by the Walker County Board of Commissioners, the culmination of an effort started by a concerned …
The former mayor of Trenton, Georgia, is facing one count of child molestation in an alleged incident involving a 4-year-old girl.
The Catoosa County Board of Education has announced its intention to keep the schools' millage rate the same, rather than roll it back to keep property owners'…
After playing in a range of indie, progressive and punks bands throughout his adult life, Dave Webb stopped making music during the pandemic.
The water slide from which a 5-year-old boy fell 15-20 feet on the Fourth of July at Lake Winnepesaukah has reopened, the park's owners said Thursday.
A tiny, colorful fish and garden are growing community at a Dalton, Georgia, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade school.
Some Catoosa County residents are taking advantage of compromise language in the county's recently passed residential chicken regulations that allows them to r…
