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.