eDynamic Learning acquires Chattanooga-based Learning Blade
An online learning tool launched in Chattanooga to help introduce more middle school students to careers in the science, math and technology fields has been ac…
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Chattanooga named the best place to retire in new study by Southern Living magazine
Chattanooga has been rated as the best place to retire in a comparison of 41 top-rated cities across the South in a new analysis by Southern Living and Investo…
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Four former Mohawk managers indicted on fraud charges
Four former employees of Mohawk Industries Inc. have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the world's biggest floorcovering manufacturer by using a consultin…
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Unemployment in Chattanooga drops to near record low in August
Unemployment in the Chattanooga area declined in August to near-record lows, but the drop in the local jobless rate last month was due primarily to a decrease …
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Tips to keep your online information safe
Last week we shared information about data breaches, including ways to detect red flags that your data has been compromised, along with steps you can take if y…
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Apprenticeships at Jasper, Tennessee, manufacturer help fill talent pipeline, provide better paying jobs
Michael "Seth" Davis said he didn't have any specific career plans when he was at Whitwell High School, but when he heard about a welding apprenticeship progra…
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Gov. Lee touts economic gains in rural Tennessee
When Bill Lee was considering whether to run for governor eight years ago, the Franklin, Tennessee, businessman and part-time cattle farmer decided to tour the…
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Chattanooga highlights economic development to state leaders
Nearly 700 of Tennessee's top business recruiters and development leaders are gathered in Chattanooga this week for the first time for the annual Governor's Co…
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Panda Express relocates to new and bigger site to add drive-through service in East Brainerd
When Ramon Bavista started working for Panda Express in East Brainerd nine years ago at age 20, he thought it would only be a temporary job for six months or s…
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Subscriber ExclusiveFrost seeks buyer for downtown Chattanooga office
After suddenly shutting down his accounting firm last week, Chattanooga businessman Jonathan D. Frost has put the office building where Croft & Frost operated …
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Bailey joins BrightBridge Capital and other Chattanooga-area career moves
Sarah Bailey has joined BrightBridge Capital as a credit underwriter.
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga accounting firm lays off entire staff, locks doors
The Chattanooga accounting firm Croft & Frost abruptly laid off all of its employees Tuesday after struggling for months to meet payroll.
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Subscriber ExclusiveTVA considering sites in Jackson County, Alabama, for energy storage, backup power production
The Tennessee Valley Authority is turning to the sun for much of its future power with plans over the next two decades to buy or build solar farms capable of p…
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Tennessee unemployment rate stays at record low level in August
Unemployment stayed at a record low level last month across Tennessee as employers in the Volunteer State continued to add jobs over the past year despite high…
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Hamilton County planners reject one self-storage facility in Hixson but approve expanding another on Highway 58
Hamilton County planners are recommending against a zoning change to allow another self-storage business to open in Hixson, but they are endorsing a proposal t…
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Memphis City Council member nominated to replace TVA Chair Bill Kilbride
A Memphis City Council member who is a retired supervisor for Memphis, Light, Gas and Water has been nominated to replace Chattanoogan Bill Kilbride on the Ten…
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Hamilton County planners OK permit for private airfield, residential development in Hixson
A private airstrip in Hixson that largely shut down more than two years ago could take flight again as a fly-in residential community offering a mix of new hou…
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Business to make their pitches to ‘Gathering of Angels’ in Chattanooga
For the past 26 years, Talbert C. "Tarby" Bryant Jr. has sought to bring investors looking for high-growth business opportunities together with entrepreneurs s…
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Burlington to relocate Hixson store
The off-price retailer Burlington plans to relocate its Hixson store this fall, moving into a smaller storefront that was vacated earlier this year with the li…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga Lookouts stadium site developer sees home run potential on Southside site
When the new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium opens on the former Wheland Foundry site in two years, the master developer for the project hopes to offer far more t…
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Subscriber ExclusiveGeorgia, Tennessee lead in electric vehicle investments, jobs
A year after the adoption of the Inflation Reduction Act designed to spur clean energy investments, Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas all rank in the top 10…
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Parkridge buys 38 acres of prime property in Ooltewah, partners with Erlanger to develop outpatient facility
Two of Chattanooga's biggest hospitals are teaming up to develop an outpatient surgery center in the growing Ooltewah area to help shift more patients from inp…
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Five Star expands into Southwest Tennessee with purchase of another Canteen franchise
In its third acquisition of another Tennessee Canteen franchise so far this year, the Chattanooga-based Five Star Food Service has purchased Southern Vending I…
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Apartment complex purchase biggest residential property sale in Hamilton County history
One of Hamilton County's biggest apartment complexes has a new name, owner and manager less than a year after its opening.
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Most obese states concentrated in the Southeast
The top U.S. states with the highest share of the population considered obese are concentrated in the Southeast.
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Champions of Health Care 2023: Diona Brown — Administrative excellence
After nearly four decades at CHI Memorial, Diona Brown has developed a reputation for problem solving and leadership. The team at Memorial's Stroke and Neurosc…
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Champions of Health Care 2023: Paul Farmer — Administrative excellence
Over nearly three decades at the Chattanooga Heart Institute, Paul Farmer has developed a reputation as a builder of medical practices, of facilities and perha…
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Growing Chattanooga web and digital design firm takes on a new name
From a second-floor storefront on Chattanooga's Fountain Square downtown, more than a dozen computer programmers, designers and strategists are building digita…
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Organized labor is having a moment
Those of a certain age may recall the triennial ritual of a debilitating United Auto Workers union strike against one of the Big Three U.S. car companies durin…
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Barley taproom in downtown Chattanooga to close after six years on MLK
After serving up a variety of handmade draft cocktails and high-gravity craft beers for the past six years, the Barley taproom in downtown Chattanooga will clo…
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Chatt Taste Food Tours and Magnolia Development win top Urban League honors
The Chattanooga Area Urban League recognized two graduates of its business training programs who have gone on to build growing businesses now recognized for th…
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Tennessee Gov. Lee praises skilled trades training at Chattanooga State
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a former licensed plumber and mechanical engineer, went back to school this week to see the advanced mechatronics, robotics, nondestru…
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Covenant School parent: ‘Our elected representatives have done nothing’
Parents of children at a Nashville Christian elementary school where a shooter killed three children and three adults March 27 are vowing to return to the Tenn…
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Chattanooga rent increases outpace most cities
Chattanooga's apartment rental rates are rising faster than in most cities, although housing costs in the Scenic City still remain more than 12% below the U.S.…
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East Chattanooga ‘food desert’ gets new grocery oasis with IGA store opening
An East Chattanooga grocery store that has struggled to survive under different owners and brands is reopening again next month as an IGA supermarket.
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TVA shores up retirement fund, pledges full plan funding by 2036
TVA's retirement fund, which was judged four years ago to have a funding shortfall of more than $5.3 billion, has boosted its financial standing and should pay…
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Fast charging network develops across the Tennessee Valley to power growing EV market
More than two years after the state of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley Authority launched an ambitious program to establish rapid-charging stations every 50…
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Chattanooga-area unemployment falls again last month
Unemployment in the Chattanooga area fell again last month as employers continued to hire more workers despite higher interest rates and inflation.
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Dutch Bros to open coffee and drink outlet in Hixson
One of the nation's fastest-growing drive-through coffee chains that also features a variety of wild and sugary drinks is expanding into Chattanooga with a new…
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TVA reverses course, won’t sell Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant; future use for facility undecided
Seven years after voting to sell its Bellefonte nuclear plant site, the Tennessee Valley Authority has reversed itself and decided to keep the Jackson County, …
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TVA raises rates, ends pandemic credits as higher inflation, interest rates and power demand push up costs
The Tennessee Valley Authority will raise its base electric rates this fall for the first time in four years and end a credit program that helped EPB and other…
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TVA's plans to build natural gas plants ignite fiery debate
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shut down the last of the coal-fired power plants that once supplied most of its power by 2035 as the federal utility m…
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TVA power demand expected to hit record levels as Chattanooga region heat index tops 100 degrees
This week's heat wave is expected to boost electricity consumption in the Tennessee Valley to one of the highest summertime levels in the past decade, with the…
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New zones proposed for rebuilding Chattanooga’s oldest housing project
A new type of downtown zoning is being proposed to aid the redevelopment of Chattanooga's biggest and oldest public housing project on the Westside.
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With 38% of Hamilton County families struggling to meet expenses, employers urged to adopt family-friendly practices to aid workers
Nearly 40% of families with children in Hamilton County are struggling to pay their bills, and 1 out of 4 new parents in the workforce have to return to their …
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Hamilton County’s growth sparks concerns among rural residents in Sale Creek
To Dale Vandergriff, who once farmed more than 300 acres on the northern end of Hamilton County, Sale Creek needs to remain a place for family farms.
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Charles Schwab plans job cuts and office downsizing amid efforts to reduce operating costs
Charles Schwab plans to cut jobs and close or downsize some corporate offices as part of company efforts to reduce operating costs, the financial services firm…
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Blue Light bar in Chattanooga shuts down after state liquor license is not renewed
The owner of the Blue Light bar, who has battled with the city's Beer Board over a half dozen citations against the Station Street club during the past two yea…
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Tennessee’s unemployment rate drops to an all-time low
Unemployment in Tennessee fell to an all-time low in July as the Volunteer State continued to add new businesses and jobs despite fears of an economic slowdown…
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Chattanooga's Market Street Partners merges with Atlanta accounting firm
One of Chattanooga's fastest-growing accounting firms is merging with the Atlanta-based Smith + Howard CPA firm, which was recently recognized by Inside Accoun…
