Catoosa County’s Parks and Recreation Department announced the enhancement of its Cloud Springs Canoe Launch with new pavilions, barbecue grills and shoreline bench, made possible by leveraging a Georgia Department of Economic Development Explore Georgia grant with local matching funds. In 2020, Catoosa County Parks and Recreation applied for and was awarded a $6,000 Explore ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations voted unanimously, 20 to 0, to begin a comprehensive study of litter pollution in the state. This marks the first fresh progress on statewide litter control in a generation, supporters said. The study will address topics such as the sources and composition of litter, financial and environmental costs, economic ... (click for more)

Less than a year since its launch, HCS EdConnect, Powered by EPB, has installed Internet at no charge in the homes of more than a third of all Hamilton County Schools students, "marking an unprecedented leap in closing the digital divide," officials said. Before the program’s launch, officials estimated that up to one-third of Hamilton County Schools students did not have Internet ... (click for more)

Hamilton County businessman Greg Vital announced Monday his bid to represent Tennessee’s House District 29 in the General Assembly. He said, “Our community lost a dear friend and community leader in Mike Carter. We are so fortunate Joan is carrying Mike's torch through this interim. "As a resident of the Ooltewah-Georgetown area for 50 years, I know what’s important to the ... (click for more)

I have a friend who used to say, “I have been to two World’s Fairs and a hog calling contest and I have never seen the beat.” That is exactly the feeling I had after last month’s four-hour marathon School Board meeting. I have been attending school board meetings for the last 20 years and I have never seen another one quite like it. This meeting had it all. For the first time ... (click for more)

It’s one thing to tell a loudmouth in Texas he’s “all hat and no cattle.” And it’s altogether another to ask some fellow in an Abilene beer hall “where do you let you wife graze?” Throughout the history of the Lone Star State, there have been many gun fights, differences settled at the OK Corral or The Alamo, but the most heinous scoundrel of all is one who’ll kill another man’s ... (click for more)