Biden can wait no longer to choose his Secretary of Defense
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – More than a week has passed since President-elect Biden unveiled his national security team, consisting of Tony Blinken as secretary of State, Jake Sullivan as national security adviser, Alejandro Mayorkas to be Homeland Security secretary, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the U.S. ambassador to the United…
Here’s why a second round of PPP loans could fall short for battered small businesses
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., quashed a new Covid-19 rescue bill hours after it was proposed on Tuesday, leaving small businesses uncertain about their future. Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a $908 billion relief package on Tuesday morning. The measure was dead in…
COVID-19 week in review
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – In the last two weeks, we have seen a significant increase in COVID-19 numbers. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says, “Coronavirus is running rampant in our community and much of the United States at my last press briefing we’ve had 3,332 new infections,…
Family Trip And School Program Sets Senior On A Career Quest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – When planning a family trip, you don’t think it may turn into a journey of a lifetime, but that is what happened to Kobe Rivers, a senior at Brainerd High School. For Kobe, a family trip that included a plane flight sparked…
Chicago, Iowa aquariums helping save endangered with Chattanooga aquarium
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Aquariums in Chicago, Connecticut and Iowa are helping Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium save an endangered minnow. Two years ago, the aquarium reached out to other institutions with the goal of breeding a large, genetically diverse population of barrens topminnows to reintroduce to the…
Chattanooga Rescue Mission delivers hundreds of Thanksgiving meals amid COVID case surge
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – Even in a pandemic, the Chattanooga Rescue Mission continued its longtime-tradition of feeding hundreds of people in need on Thanksgiving Day. “The virus has obviously has affected everybody. Everybody has to make adjustments,” Chattanooga Rescue Mission Chaplain Donald Baer said Thursday. With…
Online shopping safety
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Americans have shattered records for online shopping since the pandemic began. Some analysts predict online sales could hit 10 billion dollars today, and reach nearly 190 billion dollars over the holiday season. Tennessee great-grandmother Debbie Jackson says she learned how easy it…
Chattanooga area seeing one of TN’s highest jumps in COVID hospitalizations
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A new report from Vanderbilt University says the Chattanooga area is seeing one of the highest increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state. According to the study, between June 7 and 13, around 400 patents were concurrently hospitalized across the state – a…