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Vanderbilt Medical Chopper Grounded by a Duck
A Vanderbilt Medical Center helicopter is grounded for repairs following a midair collision with a duck in Henry County. According to WSMV-TV, the helicopter was en route Friday to Henry…
Weather service in GA sees 3rd-highest tornado total
ATLANTA — Authorities at a National Weather Service office outside Atlanta say three tornadoes in north Georgia last week bring their total for this year 29. That makes it the…
CarMax opening in Chattanooga, hiring 90 people
CHATTANOOGA - The nation’s largest used car retailer is opening a store in Chattanooga, which will create around 90 jobs for area job seekers. The Fortune 500 company CarMax will open…
Haslam gives $45 Million to family charities over decade
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Gov. Bill Haslam over the past decade has given more than $45 million to two family-run charitable foundations that support education, religion and culture. The Knoxville News…
Haslam announces task force to examine opportunity scholarships
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced the formation of a task force to make recommendations on what an opportunity scholarship initiative might look like in Tennessee based on…
Haslam requests federal farm assistance for 14 counties
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced a request for a secretarial designation of natural disaster for 14 counties due to excessive heat and drought during the summer and fall. The…
TDOT expands SmartWay system to Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Motorists traveling in Chattanooga now have access to the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s SmartWay traffic information system. The new Transportation Management Center at the Enterprise South Industrial…
Gas prices are up locally, down nationally
Average retail gasoline prices in the Chattanooga area have risen 3.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.12/gallon on Tuesday. This compares with the national average that has…
Norfolk Southern Railroad is Hiring
Norfolk Southern plans to hire more workers in the upcoming year. The railroad company plans to hire around 26-hundred employees in 2012, including about a dozen or more here in…
USPS to delay cutbacks until May 2012
The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices until mid-May. The Chattanooga Post Office facility on Shallowford Rd….
