Amid the worst recession in decades, the Chattanooga area landed three of the biggest new business investments in its history during the past five years.

Amid the worst recession in decades, the Chattanooga area landed three of the biggest new business investments in its history during the past five years.

Hixson resident Dennis Howard says he lost his job last week after working for Bunge Oils for 20 years, but he's hoping to land work as an assembler for another company in the city.

The biggest remake to the Chattanooga Airport passenger terminal since it opened in 1992 will jet it into the 21st century, officials said Thursday in approving the $7.2 million project.

Chattanooga airport officials today ppproved a $7.2 million renovation for the passenger terminal.

Federal budget sequestration may result in laying off Chattanooga Airport weather observers who provide data to the air traffic control tower, potentially affecting safety at Lovell Field, an official says.

The former mayor of Chattanooga's newest sister city flew to the city last week to meet with outgoing Mayor Ron Littlefield before Littlefield leaves office next month.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam weighed in Wednesday on reports that Volkswagen is talking with the United Auto Workers about the Chattanooga plant, saying workers like the current nonunion structure.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today weighed into reports that Volkswagen is talking with the United Auto Workers about the Chattanooga plant, saying workers like the current nonunion structure.

Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant may become the first auto factory in the United States to create a European-style works council to represent employees, and such a move could provide a foothold for the United Auto Workers in the South.

Don Lepard said he's moving ahead with shifting production of his innovative streetlights to Chattanooga from China, with plans for 250 jobs here, in part because of worries about the security of the technology.

Global Green Lighting plans to hire up to 250 people in Chattanooga to build the company’s innovative street lighting system.

The first Tennessee-made Nissan Leafs are hitting dealerships, and changes in price, recharging, and range are expected to boost the all-electric's sales in 2013 over last year, proponents say.

Bradley County's chief economic developer Thursday cited Wacker's long-term view of the solar market in the U.S. for the company's plan to ratchet up investment in its plant to $2 billion.

Chattanooga businessman Mike Collins recalled Wednesday the day nearly three years ago when his wife learned she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Three Hamilton County companies and a nonprofit were cited by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce today.

Wacker's polysilicon plant construction site in Charleston, Tenn., has erected large equipment that's taller than any office building in Bradley County, officials say.

Alstom's $300 million bet in Chattanooga on a renaissance of nuclear power has hit a snag.

The Chattanooga area's hot apartment market continues to sizzle with Red Bank complexes drawing lots of attention from buyers.

A nonprofit religious group has big plans to give a sharply different look to long-vacant retail space in Chattanooga.

Miranda Comstock served in the military for eight years, but by the time she returned to civilian life the economy had turned sour.

A month of soaring gas prices spurred car buyers to turn cautious and eye fuel-sipping vehicles in February as sales rose nationally but fell in Hamilton County over a year ago.

Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant will begin offering two training programs which will permit participants to gain associate degrees.

Chattanoogan Alan Richelson has lived and worked in Brainerd for years, and he'd like to see more entertainment, education and cultural choices help lift the historic area to its former glory.

About 100 Brainerd area business people and others turned out today to try to help breathe new life into the historic Chattanooga corridor.

The owner of WTVC-News Channel 9 and DirecTV are working on a brief extension to permit the station to remain in the satellite company's lineup if they don't settle a contract dispute by today.

The $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts slated to take effect next week are a loud "wake-up call" to the country's spending ills, Tennessee's junior senator said Friday.

An opportunity exists to double the size of Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant and for the city and state to gain even more German business generally, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said Friday.

An opportunity exists to double the size of Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said here today.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said in Chattanooga today that he expects looming federal spending cuts will kick in on March 1.

Thrive 2055, the ambitious 16-county regional growth planning effort for the Chattanooga area, is going small over the next few weeks with hopes of gaining big results.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said Wednesday he's hopeful new U.S. trade talks with Europe over cutting tariffs will help Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant and other Tennessee exporters.

Funding the Chickamauga lock's replacement is a high priority, and legislation to find money for such projects may have to be passed in pieces, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said here today that new U.S. trade talks with Europe over cutting tariffs could help Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant and the state’s auto industry in general.

Ben Fischer quips that years ago he headed a company that helped power plants handle their waste products and was "green before it was cool to be green."

Erlanger says it's taking another look at earlier plans to cut the hours of its struggling day care center near Volkswagen's auto assembly plant.

Wacker officials on Thursday restated their intention to start up its massive polysilicon production plant in Bradley County by mid-2015.

Wacker officials said today that work and hiring is still ongoing for the company’s $1.8 billion polysilicon production plant near Charleston, Tenn., and it’s aiming for its revised startup schedule of mid-2015.

Volkswagen hasn't made a commitment, but the city agreed Tuesday to finalize site work on two parcels near the automaker's Chattanooga plant targeted for possible future expansion.

A city panel today agreed to finalize site work on a pair of tracts adjacent to Volkswagen’s Chattanooga auto assembly plant, prepping the land should VW decide to expand in the future.

Bull Frog, invented for surfers in the 1980s, is going back to its roots so to speak.

Tennessee officials said Monday that new export offices in Mexico, England, Germany and China will open added markets to Chattanooga companies and others in the state.

Chattanooga-based Chattem has sold its popular Bull Frog sunscreen brand to a Florida company, officials said today.

The new owners of Wann Funeral Home say they plan to remodel and renovate the longtime St. Elmo fixture, which they call the oldest continually operating facility of its kind in Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga-made Passat is one of just 13 cars, and the only vehicle by a German automaker, to pick up the top safety rating from a national group.

An Erlanger subsidiary is cutting night and weekend hours at its daycare center near Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant, drawing the ire of some VW employees.

Volkswagen’s efforts in Chattanooga to produce Passats using the sun has put it on a federal list of top green power purchasers.

Shopping center operator CBL & Associates Properties Inc. on Tuesday posted increased profit for the quarter and year as rents and occupancy improved in 2012.

It started nearly a year and a half ago with a simple and pleasant-enough name: Chattanooga Village.

One of the top Volkswagen executives to steer the ramp up of its Chattanooga auto assembly plant has returned to Germany.