Workers have completed major construction on a new $37 million library at UTC, a building designed to anchor what will become the new center of campus.

A telephone industry group led by AT&T wants to eliminate a $3.50 subsidy for low-income landline subscribers, calling the discount outdated, anti-competitive and discriminatory.

Books about shiny vampire love and post-apocalyptic teenage gladiators are all the rage right now for the under-18 crowd, but Jessica Holloway wants more than that for her students.

Plans to save taxpayer money have backfired on federal officials in Chattanooga.

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Comcast, which agreed to offer $10 Internet service to low-income Americans as part of its merger with NBC Universal, is expanding the popular program.

EPB will unveil new services in coming days as the city-owned utility seeks to compete more aggressively with rivals in the fiber-optic telecommunications business.

A group of architects on Tuesday proposed sweeping changes for the Vine Street corridor between Georgia Avenue and Douglas Street. Students currently use the term "dead zone" to refer to the vast expanse of parking lot blacktop on the street's north side.

Cleveland, Tenn.-based Check Into Cash released a revamped website Tuesday that the company said is designed to target the growing online payday loan market.

A $40 million hotel development on Shallowford Road soon could claim the title of Chattanooga's most lavish inn, according to plans supplied by Embassy Suites.

More than $1 million worth of fireworks will be stacked across the building, and all of it will be visible to anyone over 6-feet tall.

A new bottled water plant is making waves in Walker County.

Running off to join the circus is considered more of a figure of speech these days than something people actually do.

Lawrence Quinn, president of Alstom Chattanooga Turbines LLC, hovered like a concerned parent around his significantly overweight baby.

Alstom Chattanooga Turbines today shipped its first natural gas turbine assembled at the company’s $280 million facility in Chattanooga.

There's a new sound in the Tennessee Valley. It's an echo that hearkens back to a time before Bear Stearns was a household name, back when people did their banking at a place named Wachovia and "flipping houses" was an actual profession.

Inova Payroll and Computerized Payroll Solutions announced Friday that they will merge, creating the largest payroll services provider based in Tennessee.

An LSU fan who is best known for an ill-timed nap in a New Orleans Krystal restaurant is suing those involved, including the Chattanooga-based Krystal Co.

One of the region's largest employers is making a carpet comeback.

Bill Miller, founder of Chattanooga-based Miller Industries, has chosen Scotland for his next venture.

British officials today confirmed that Bill Miller, founder of Chattanooga-based Miller Industries, is the preferred bidder for the bankrupt Rangers Football Club.

Disability insurer Unum missed Wall Street's earnings expectations for the quarter but shot off a signal flare of self-confidence by boosting its stock dividend.

A group of businessmen will pursue taxpayer financing for a $9 million road allowing them to build a $500 million mountaintop development in Chattanooga.

Chattanooga-based Propex Global has signed an agreement to move its entire 110-employee headquarters downtown to Warehouse Row, the company revealed.

Accepting a Facebook invitation is a lot less binding than a vow of silence or a pinkie swear.

Nearly a quarter of 20-year-olds and one-third of those between 35 and 65 will find themselves disabled before they retire, the government says.

Located off Igou Gap Road near Jenkins Road, the East Brainerd development is in a quiet area with access to the hottest local shopping opportunities.

The head of Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Tad Edwards, cuts a dashing figure. Edwards is the sixth in a line of stockbrokers tracing their heritage back to President Abraham Lincoln’s Treasury Departmt, and has recently separated from Wachovia Securities to restart the firm founded in 1887 by the first Benjamin Edwards in St. Louis.

Henry Luken is usually the type of leader who delegates day-to-day tasks to others so he can focus on his real estate and TV empire.

Cities faced with stormwater pollution problems like Chattanooga are trying to slow rain runoff before the stormwater and the money spent to treat it goes down the drain.

The Southeast, especially Chattanooga and Atlanta, has for many years reluctantly welcomed waves of Northerners seeking warmer climates, lower taxes and a little more elbow room.

There's a not-so-hidden cost to the tornadoes that struck the Southeast on April 27.

EPB couldn't have paid for a better backdrop than sunny East Ridge to install the last piece of its Smart Grid.

The exterior will feature red awnings and aluminum accents above the entryway. Floor-to-ceiling windows will overlook a patio outside that will seat 20 to 30 customers. Inside, dining tables in the front give way to booths, and finally a conference room for catered events down the hall.

First Horizon National Corp., holding company for First Tennessee Bank, missed earnings estimates by a penny in the first quarter.

The Chattanooga Technology Council has appointed Ronna-Renee Jackson as its interim executive director.

The Chattanooga Technology Council announced the appointment of Ronna-Renee Jackson as its interim executive director.

First Security Group, holding company for Chattanooga-based FSGBank, announced Tuesday that it had appointed Larry Mauldin as director and chairman of the board.

Tennessee has yanked the emergency brake on the downtown half of the U.S. Highway 27 construction project.

The project, which is about 20 percent complete, will include a complete revamp of the interior and exterior decor. Workers have patched and dry-walled the walls and removed signage. The next step is painting interior walls.

Beaulieu of America on Friday shook up its management team, splitting its residential and commercial divisions between a handful of executives.

The eyesore at 700 Market St. finally could transform from crater to condos following a request for proposals from property owner River City Co. It's part of a double-barreled shot in the arm for Chattanooga's downtown renaissance, as River City also wants to move forward on its Broad Street property next to the Majestic 12.

The blighted 700 block of Market Street may get another chance at redemption.

The conference room went dark at Chattanooga-based InfoSystems. A handful of local tech executives waited quietly as the clock ticked closer to IBM's big reveal.

Expired contracts between AT&T and its labor union, the Communications Workers of America, will have little effect on Chattanooga-area workers, the company said.

There's a full-blown two-story hotel under construction on Amnicola Highway, but don't try to book a room just yet.

FSGBank has hired two experienced executives to bolster its wealth management and trust division in the face of a tactical retreat by SunTrust in the market.

All homes include a mountain view, and are a five-minute drive from the Soddy Creek boat ramp, which grants access to Chickamauga Lake. Because of the rural location, all homes qualify for 100 percent rural development financing.

Starting a business isn't for everybody. Few have the stomach to put it all on the line, day after day. It's not just the house, the car and the future that go back to the bank if the business fails.

The InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, opened the 137-room Holiday Inn-Hamilton Place last week at 2220 Center St., just off Shallowford Road near Interstate 75. It is the only full-service hotel outside of downtown Chattanooga.