Effective May 1, Trident Transport plans to expand their Chattanooga branch by opening a second location right across the street. Office space at 1500 Chestnut St. will become the home of Trident Transport’s corporate office, a company gym that will offer fitness classes, and a nutrition bar to encourage health and wellness for Trident employees. “The success and growth ... (click for more)

LKD Consulting, LLC in association with Hofstede Insights, is having a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday at 2 p.m. at 240 Forest Ave. Dr. Lisa DeWaard is launching and the company and moved to the Chattanooga area five years ago. She previously worked as a professor at Clemson University teaching Spanish and linguistics with a focus on intercultural communication. Before that she ... (click for more)

Walker County Commissioner Shannon Whitfield said on Wednesday that the county will pay off its $8.7 million debt to Erlanger Health System within the current tax cycle. The announcement was made on Walker County's Facebook page and can be found here . The debt was incurred during the prior administration of Commissioner Bebe Heiskell, when she backed $10 million of an infusion ... (click for more)

Former Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield is proposing that the city and county take $1 million each from the hotel/motel tax to operate a new homeless center. Mr. Littlefield told members of the County Commission on Wednesday that he believes it would be a justified use of the hotel/motel funds because restaurant and hotel operators often complain that homeless people are disturbing ... (click for more)

A wastewater or service utility is simply a defined service in exchange for a fee. What if I pay a utility fee in exchange for a defined service, and the utility fails to deliver the service as agreed? As an example, I pay a private solid waste collection service to collect, transport, and dispose of garbage. Municipalities also operate waste collection and disposal. ... (click for more)

There are two things that I suspect I am far better-versed than you are. The first is that after a half-century as an unquenchable student, my list of the greatest athletes in the history of UT athletics is better than yours. Oh, you can get the record books, the stat sheets, and an easy-to-find list of victories and do right well. But my edge is that I know what it took, the back-story, ... (click for more)