For the fifth year, Trident Transport, a local logistics company, is hosting a community cornhole tournament to raise funds for the Child Life Program at the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger. The event will be at the First Horizon Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 24 from noon-5 p.m. and is free to the public. Striving to make it bigger and better than ever, Trident plans to have ... (click for more)

Hamilton Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ? MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2022. HMC is one of only 81 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes HMC’s "commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that HMC has reached an aggressive ... (click for more)

Hamilton County students scored at or above statewide proficiency levels in more than 64 percent of tested areas during the 2021-22 school year according to district-level TCAP results released by the Tennessee Department of Education on Wednesday morning. Of the 28 content areas tested in grades 3-12, Hamilton County students met or exceeded proficiency scores from the state ... (click for more)

At a press conference at the U.S. Pipe/Wheland site, Environmental Protection Agency officials announced that the federal agency has awarded Chattanooga $4.9 million in funding to tackle brownfields in the city, "helping turn contaminated sites into productive economic opportunities." The funds consist of two $500,000 grants - one for analysis, one for cleanup - and $3.9 ... (click for more)

Something must be done about the dangerous low head dam at Ketner’s Mill on the Sequatchie River in Whitwell, Tn. (Marion County). This dam is a dangerous public safety hazard that has claimed the lives of many young people through the years. It seems to me to be grossly negligent for the owner of this dam (which no longer serves any purpose) to continue to allow unknowing ... (click for more)

Missionary Ridge is Chattanooga's "diamond in the rough" that can spearhead a new era in our city's growth. Way back on Nov. 25, 1863, soldiers under the leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant stormed Missionary Ridge and broke the back of the Confederacy. The Battle of Missionary Ridge demonstrated the superior forces of the industrialized North and gave their soldiers a chance ... (click for more)