8Bend Marketing, a marketing agency founded in 2019 in Chattanooga, recently achieved StoryBrand Agency certification, becoming one of fewer than 20 firms across the United States to attain that level of recognition and training. StoryBrand, a marketing company founded by bestselling author Donald Miller, uses a 7-Part Story Framework to help clients clarify their message. ... (click for more)

May 25, ONLINE - Don't Throw Your Vision Out with the Pandemic 5:30-7:30 p.m. Needless to say 2020 is not what we expected it to be. Join us as we take a look at the visions that we set for ourselves for the 2020 calendar year. Let's take stock of what has happened, let's evaluate what we said we wanted for the year and let's find hope as we realize that we don't have to throw ... (click for more)

County Mayor Jim Coppinger on Tuesday morning presented a bare bones budget that still could be revised downward by reductions from the state. The county mayor said he is confident with the county's revenue projections. However, if there are more cuts coming, he said the county enjoys a healthy rainy day fund. It stands at $110 million - the same as last year. The total county ... (click for more)

Hamilton County has added another 54 coronavirus cases, moving the total to 694, the local Health Department reported on Memorial Day. The county remains at 14 deaths. There have been seven confirmed cases at the Waddington North America Novolex plant on Quintus Loop in the Jersey Pike area. The plant, which had already planned to close for the Memorial Day weekend, conducted ... (click for more)

Perhaps the terrible toll that has engulfed the greater world community due to the black wave known as COVID 19 brings about an urgent sense of reflection and recollection on the true meaning of Memorial Day. One of the earliest commentaries was provided by Frederick Douglass at Arlington National Cemetery on Decoration Day 1871. He would extol to the crowd to never forget ... (click for more)

We know from many previous experiences that “An Idle Mind Is The Devil’s Workshop.” We also know that not one person in our nation could have been better prepared than our leaders from both parties in this COVID-19 pandemic. Guffaw and cackle all you want but I promise not a person in our state would pick you over Governor Bill Lee. It is terribly disappointing that every day somebody ... (click for more)