The Georgia and Tennessee gubernatorial candidates who hail from the Chattanooga area are now both running on a platform that includes states' rights as a plank.
Though there were no major Tennessee races in Tuesday’s elections, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and attorney Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican candidate for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, commented on the day’s significance.
Some local plumbers said Monday night that they were uneasy about requirements and pay levels in a Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority sewer line repair and replacement program.
Officials from two of the Northwest Georgia counties hardest hit by flooding last month say they still are not sure just how much damage was done, even though state and federal emergency workers are gone.
Hamilton County commissioners were all set to vote Thursday on accepting a $5.9 million building from Life Care Centers of America, but decided to hold off a week because a guarantee title wasn't available.