Dawn Jacques, BSN, RN, at CHI Memorial, received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Ms. Jacques was nominated by multiple patients and their families for her care and compassion. One patient says Ms. Jacques is “extremely pleasant and helpful. She goes out of the way to make sure you are comfortable and not hurting in any way. Always has a smile. One of the best nurses ... (click for more)

The Addictions & Dependencies Committee of the Hamilton County Regional Health Council invites the public to listen to three recovering addicts share their stories of how they got clean and how they continue to live in recovery. The event seeks to break the stigma around recovery and show that addicts can change their lives and become productive members of society. “There ... (click for more)

The board of the new downtown Business Improvement District voted on Wednesday to have its three-member finance committee take another look at providing help to four non-profits that are asking to be exempted from assessments. The board, acting on the recommendation of the finance panel, earlier rejected any reductions in amounts charged to the non-profits that filed appeals. ... (click for more)

An official of the Boston Business Improvement District has been chosen to be executive director of the new Chattanooga BID. The local BID board on Wednesday approved the selection of Steve Brookes, who joined the Downtown Boston BID in March of 2011. He serves as the Boston BID's Clean & Hospitality Operations Director. In that role, he oversees the team of the BID's ... (click for more)

More brilliant thinking from the city of Chattanooga. Let’s take a five lane road leading from Highway 153 to the airport and make it three lanes, add some bike lanes, sidewalks and landscaping. Who are these idiots that come up with ways to waste money? Bike lanes? Really? How often are the ones on Shallowford at 153 being utilized? Never! I traveled Shallowford to and from ... (click for more)

I am not a big fan of Bill Hagerty, the early front-runner to replace Lamar Alexander as Tennessee’s next Senator, because I dislike the thought of six more years with a partisan puppet. Hagerty was in Chattanooga earlier this week to tell the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club how loyal he is to President Donald Trump, how much he enjoys laughing at the Democrats’ presidential field ... (click for more)