Here is the weekly road construction report for Hamilton County: I-24 Replacement of Belvoir Avenue Bridge over I-24 and I-24 bridges over Germantown Road near MM 183: Lane shifts are in place on I-24 EB and WB under the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, at North and South Terrace approaching the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, and on Germantown Road under the I-24 Bridge. Single interior lane closures ... (click for more)

The June 1st deadline is approaching and property owners must register for storm debris picked up and hauled away by hired contractors. Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management officials continues to request the need of volunteers with tornado relief efforts. Contractors hired by Hamilton County continue picking up separated debris piles generated by the storm and transporting ... (click for more)

Hamilton County on Friday reported 96 more positive COVID-19 cases - the largest one-day total yet. That brings the total of confirmed cases in the county since the virus broke out in March to 939. There are 29 coronavirus patients in Chattanooga hospitals, which is the largest number yet. There are 17 coronavirus patients in Intensive Care in Chattanooga hospitals - also ... (click for more)

Vehicle emissions stations in Chattanooga are back into business. The Tennessee Department of Environment Conservation (TDEC) furnished updated emissions inspection information to the County Clerk’s office. The Bonnyshire location will reopen Monday and temporarily add Saturdays to their operating schedule. The three other emissions sites in Hamilton County reopened ... (click for more)

Forced emissions testing – a new low for bureaucratic dysfunction. In our old way of living, there were two certainties: Death and taxes. In our new world, the government is giving some relief from taxes but has chosen to substitute vehicle emissions testing. Now the two certainties are death and emissions testing. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is sickening ... (click for more)

I am every bit as mournful as every other teary-eyed citizen who genuinely cares in the United States that our COVID-19 death rate has surpassed 100,000 people. We’ve got 50 state governors doing 50 different things and, believe this, every last one of them is desperate to find the right thing. We’ve got the best and brightest scientists collaborating with one another. The White ... (click for more)