Chattanooga must replace thousands of traffic signs over the next 10 years to comply with new federal standards to improve road safety and assist an aging population.

Volkswagen may have decided to come to Tennessee because a German automaker already had a political foothold in Alabama, said Dr. Matt Murray, associate director for the University of Tennessee’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

District 7 Hamilton County Board of Education candidate Linda Mosley outraised competitor Michael Dzik in the last four months, but almost half of her contributions came from a $10,000 personal loan to her campaign, records show.

A private consultant involved in a study for a proposed high-speed train route between Chattanooga and Atlanta told City Council members Tuesday that workers now are looking at 24 possible types of alignments for how such a vehicle might connect the two cities.

The Hamilton County Election Commission on Monday took no action on the candidate eligibility questions surrounding former city Parks and Recreation head Rob Healy, who is considering a challenge to Mayor Ron Littlefield next spring.

With high gas prices putting pressure on citizens, some local municipalities have contacted CARTA about possibly bringing bus service back to their communities.

Russell Gilbert, food service director at Parkridge Valley Hospital, has qualified to run for the City Council District 5 seat in November, and Hamilton County Election Commissioner Joe Rowe said he is thinking about a candidacy.

Economic development and government officials took some time Friday to dispel some of the rumors floating around in the lead-up to Volkswagen deciding to build its assembly plant in Chattanooga.

Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield has $75,000 in the bank for next March’s re-election bid, an election in which he faces no declared challenger.

A formerly homeless man has been putting his artistic touch on an area that city officials hope eventually will help people get off the streets.

The Chattanooga City Council tonight gave approval for the Chattanooga Downtown Redevelopment Corp. to sign a contract with a local firm to perform architectural services related to fixing the now-closed Passage attraction downtown.

When the city cites an individual for a property code violation, illegal dumping or another infraction, the most a lawbreaker can be fined is $50 a day.

Republican Hamilton County sheriff candidate Jim Hammond said Tuesday he would consider letting a private company run the county jail.

To offset a shortfall of roughly $1 million, CARTA will make slight reductions in service and zero in on bringing more revenue through such means as increased parking-meter rates and vehicle sponsorships, transit agency officials said Thursday.

CARTA will make very slight reductions in service and instead zero in on bringing in more revenue through increased parking meter rates, vehicle sponsorships and other means, transit agency officials said this morning.

Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey said Wednesday that he hopes state Rep. Jim Cobb, R-Spring City, is defeated in the Aug. 7 primary after the House member voted against changes to the state education funding formula that ultimately benefited Hamilton County.

Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey said this morning that he hopes state Rep. Jim Cobb, R-Spring City, is defeated in the August primary after the House member voted against changes to the state education funding formula that ultimately benefited Hamilton County.

The principal in an architectural firm that has examined problems at the Passage told Chattanooga City Council members Tuesday that a $1.5 million reconstruction project will remedy structural issues at the waterfront attraction.

The principal in an architectural firm examining problems at the Passage downtown told Chattanooga City Council members today that a $1.5 million reconstruction project will remedy structural issues at the waterfront attraction.

For the third straight year, goats will munch away at kudzu and other hard-to-tackle plants on Missionary Ridge, and the city wants the vegetation-control initiative to grow to other sites.

Washington Hills United Methodist Church officials want to place a small sign on city-owned space to point people to its Bonny Oaks location, but Councilman Jack Benson recently questioned whether that would erode the wall between religion and government.

Tennessee State Sen. Andy Berke, D-Chattanooga, said that state officials are doing the right things by offering incentives to businesses looking to come to Tennessee, but also warned that the government shouldn’t go overboard.

State regulators have issued a notice of violation to the city for higher-than-acceptable E. coli bacteria levels on Merriam Street in North Chattanooga.

Chattanooga’s first city-owned facility with a U.S. Green Building Council designation for environmentally friendly design, construction and usage is expected to open this fall as the new headquarters for Outdoor Chattanooga.

For the second time in less than a week, Hamilton County election officials are reprinting ballots because of a mistake.

The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday night approved a policy establishing guidelines for city employees to seek and take financial gifts from the public

After being located at the Salvation Army temporarily for more than a month, Union Gospel Mission has found a new space at the old Senter School, officials announced Tuesday.

The Chattanooga City Council tonight approved a policy establishing guidelines for city employees to seek and take financial gifts from the public.

The Union Gospel Mission has left its temporary space at The Salvation Army and the homeless ministry now is located at the old Senter School at 1512 S. Holtzclaw Ave.

CARTA riders and others with a vested interest in the transit agency’s services attended a public hearing Monday night where people voiced their opinions about potential service cuts.

CARTA riders and others with a vested interest in the transit agency’s services attended a public hearing tonight where people voiced their opinions about potential service cuts.

Local teens are covering the tattered walls of the old Farmers’ Market with fresh coats of paint.

State Rep. Jim Cobb, R-Spring City, told members of the Pachyderm Club last Monday that his critics need to move past his vote against changes to the Basic Education Program K-12 funding formula.

Residential areas around the old Summit landfill passed recent tests for potentially dangerous methane gas, Chattanooga city officials said.

CARTA’s two most severe budget-cutting options — scrapping the free downtown electric shuttle and ending fixed-route bus service on nights and weekends — no longer are being considered as transit officials look to make up a sizable portion of a projected $1 million shortfall.

The Chattanooga City Council’s Legal and Legislative Committee recommended Tuesday keeping the composition of the transportation board intact.

The Chattanooga City Council’s Legal and Legislative Committee decided this afternoon to keep the composition of the transportation board intact after officials discussed the issue of a conflict of interest involving industry members serving on the panel.

The issue of school resource officers in Hamilton County Schools was one of several topics discussed at Monday night’s sheriff election forum.

The issue of school resource officers in Hamilton County Schools was one of several topics discussed at Monday night’s sheriff’s election forum.

Freddie Wallace does not own a car and depends on CARTA buses each weekday to get him from his home in Alton Park to his janitorial job at Dodson Avenue Community Health Center.

Valuable expertise and knowledge will disappear from the city Transportation Board if a proposal is adopted to alter its makeup, according to a local taxi company owner.

An animal control dispatcher asked an animal control officer over the police scanner why he didn’t climb a tree to remove a raccoon from it.

The Chattanooga City Council soon will consider changing a city ordinance in order to phase out members of the transportation industry from the board that regulates them, a councilman said Tuesday.

The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution for engineering services for a road project at the Enterprise South Industrial Park.

The Chattanooga City Council tonight approved engineering work on an Enterprise South Industrial Park roadway project.

The Chattanooga City Council soon will consider changing an ordinance in order to alter the makeup of the city’s Transportation Board, phasing out members who are in the transportation industry and eventually eliminating such representatives from the board, Councilman Jack Benson said this afternoon.

Former Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Administrator Rob Healy is contemplating a run next spring against the man who fired him — Mayor Ron Littlefield.

Rob Healy, former director of Outdoor Chattanooga, has inquired about eligibility requirements to run for mayor of Chattanooga next March.

Although the housing market faces serious challenges nationwide, local real estate representatives say that the Scenic City is in a better position than many other areas.