County Government

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (856+ words) The state agency overseeing tourism development is partnering with the Chattanooga Tourism Co. to host a townhall-like event at the Chattanooga Convention Center later this month. The event is open to all residents, and conversations will center around new laws…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (385+ words) In a 6-5 vote Thursday, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners reelected Ken Smith, R-Hixson, as chair for a second one-year term. The vote was split among party lines, with Katherlyn Geter, a Democrat from the Talley Center neighborhood, finishing second....

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1526+ words) UPDATE: The Hamilton County Commission has elected its leadership after last week’s meeting ended in a deadlock. Commissioner Ken Smith will remain chairman, while Commissioner Steve Highlander will serve as chair pro tem. The votes came after Commissioner Jeff Eversole…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (190+ words) HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Hamilton County Commissioner Jeff Eversole returned to the county commission board meeting Tuesday night, a week after a medical emergency kept him away as the panel deadlocked along party lines in votes for chair and vice chair....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (137+ words) KQRadio Webster City- The first meeting for September for the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors will be this Tuesday morning, September 8th at 9:00 a.m. in the downstairs conference room of the courthouse in Webster City. The board will review the agreement with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Hamilton County community group says more than 700 emails have been sent to county commissioners urging them to let District 11 voters choose who finishes Jill Black's term on the School Board. Now, we're working to independently verify that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (629+ words) Democratic Hamilton County commissioners are calling for voters, rather than commissioners, to choose a new county school board member after District 11's representative resigned. The five Democrats on the 11-member commission gathered Tuesday outside the Chattanooga Convention Center for a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (237+ words) CHATTANOOGA, TN.- As elected officials were sworn in this morning, there was a press conference held immediately after to discuss a vacant seat. The Democrat County Commissioners got straight to work immediately after being sworn in to discuss the departure…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (422+ words) HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — The campaign signs can come down. The votes have been counted. And Hamilton County's newly elected leaders are officially on the job. Winners from August's county election were sworn into office Monday, beginning new four-year terms after…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1014+ words) Eight trustee positions were acclaimed in the October 2026 municipal election, the highest in at least two decades. More than a third of Hamilton’s school board trustee seats will be filled without a race in the October municipal election, the most…...