The Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Trust announced the winners of the 2020 International Torch Awards for Ethics, which includes local company Walden Security as the winner of the large business category. This competition is global across all BBB’s in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The ITAE recognizes businesses for their outstanding commitment to ... (click for more)

Here are the new business licenses from the County Clerk's office: A S BUILDING, LLC ANDRES SALAS 1618 E 47TH ST CHATTANOOGA TN 37407 AMERICAN ROOFING & REMODELING ANTHONY L HOLSOMBACK 744 BREEZEWOOD WAY CHATTANOOGA TN 37421 AMZ SERVICES DIRK AMES 8336 MITCHELL MILL RD OOLTEWAH TN 37363 AT & T MOBILITY FRANK MAXWELL 1010 N ST. MARYS ST 15TH FLOOR SAN ANTONIO ... (click for more)

Signal Mountain has a new mayor. Charlie Poss, an environmental attorney who has volunteered as a member of the town’s planning commission for the past 10 years, was elected unanimously by his fellow council members Monday evening during their regular monthly meeting. Mayor Poss was one of three new council members chosen during the recent election. Susannah Murdock, ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Valley Authority has named new leaders as site vice presidents for its Sequoyah and Browns Ferry nuclear plants. Matt Rasmussen was named site vice president for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Al. earlier this month and Tom Marshall will step into the site vice president role for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant near Soddy Daisy at the end of the month. ... (click for more)

The news media is in a unique position to save a lot of lives. The sheriff will not enforce a mask mandate unless he feels.. something. At some point. Driving around Chattanooga today I saw no one on the street in a mask. Not one of the people walking around, from East Brainerd to North Chattanooga. Everything is open and people are left with nothing ahead. Except death ... (click for more)

Here we are, two days this side of Thanksgiving, and to read or watch the news, there ain’t a lot of things going on around us where gratitude, and the art of sincere thanks, are most prominent in our view. As a matter of fact, it may be that never has it been as lacking. Monday afternoon I watched a video on the news channels that showed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his ... (click for more)