Tim Omarzu
Times Free Press
Chattanooga, TN, United States
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Hixson's new CubeSmart part of record-setting year for self-storage facility construction
CubeSmart, a new self-storage facility in Hixson, came in handy for Jake Hindman. → Read More
Sky Zoo is test case for Chattanooga's new DUI enforcement strategy
The Chattanooga beer board went off the beaten path Thursday when it gave a two-week beer sales suspension to Sky Zoo at 5709 Lee Highway after Chattanooga police set out to show a "pattern" of drunk drivers leaving the Brainerd nightclub. → Read More
New tenant slated for Ryan's steakhouse building in Hixson
New life will be breathed this spring into the vacant Ryan's steakhouse in Hixson that closed abruptly in February 2016 as part of a bankruptcy filing by the all-you-can-eat restaurant chain's parent company. → Read More
New hangout spots, eateries, clubs expand options in downtown
Chattanoogans who were around the in 1970s can remember when the Brass Register was one of the first restaurants to serve liquor by the drink in a city sometimes known as the "buckle of the Bible Belt." → Read More
City unveils 'safe zone' for online and child custody exchanges
If the idea of completing a deal with a stranger on Craigslist or some other e-commerce site worries you, there's a new "safe exchange zone" for that at the Chattanooga Police Service Center at 3410 Amnicola Highway. → Read More
Pizzeria Cortile opens in Red Bank
Rome wasn't built in a day — and neither was Pizzeria Cortile. → Read More
Alan Gold's beer sales suspension reduced to nine days
Alan Gold's Discotheque will have its beer sales suspended for nine days — not 14 days — under an agreement the longtime gay bar reached in Hamilton County Chancery Court with the Chattanooga Beer Board. → Read More
Chattanooga firm to help U.S. Navy figure out how to 3-D print explosives [photos]
The U.S. Navy wants to be able to buy an off-the-shelf 3-D printer and use it to print explosives. → Read More
Massage Heights at Northgate closes, employees left without pay
The Massage Heights in Northgate mall closed permanently today — much to the surprise of its employees, who were left without paychecks. → Read More
Cancer survivor's Chattanooga-based gift box business aims to ease recovery
Missy Luce survived stage-one colorectal cancer in 2005 and breast cancer a decade later. → Read More
County tracks down Airbnb hosts to make them pay taxes
Phil Cross thought it might help pay the electric bill when he decided two years ago to be an Airbnb host and rent out three extra bedrooms in his big, old Highland Park home to overnight guests. → Read More
Chestnut Flats, affordable apartment complex on Chattanooga's Southside, moves forward
Chestnut Flats, an affordable apartment complex planned for Chattanooga's Southside neighborhood, took a step forward Wednesday. → Read More
Board suspends beer sales at Ruth's Chris Steak House after appeal fails
Beer sales will be suspended after the Christmas and New Year's holiday, from Jan. 4 to Jan. 7, at Ruth's Chris Steak House Chattanooga. → Read More
Sequatchie Concrete purchases competitor Cleveland Ready Mix
One of the Chattanooga area's largest concrete companies just got bigger. → Read More
Here are some travel tips and information ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday
Thanksgiving Day travel won't be record-breaking, but it could be busier than last year, despite higher gas prices and a prediction of lousy weather across much of the nation. → Read More
Chattanooga Choo Choo to get two new restaurants, distillery, beer on computerized tap [photos]
Restaurateur Allen Corey raised Chattanooga's cocktail consciousness two years ago when he opened a new eatery at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel called Stir. → Read More
Bingo's Market opens inside Patten Towers in downtown Chattanooga
For the first time in years, a business has opened inside Patten Towers, a convenience store called Bingo's Market. → Read More
Bingo's Market opens inside Patten Towers in downtown Chattanooga
For the first time in years, a business has opened inside Patten Towers, a convenience store called Bingo's Market. → Read More
Society of Work moves into space that was heart of Chattanooga's Lamp Post Group
Distilling whiskey, making movies — even helping establish a colony on the moon — were goals of some of the startups that operated from the second floor of the Loveman's Building, which for eight years was the heart of the Lamp Post Group, a Chattanooga "incubator" of startup businesses. → Read More
Chattanooga startup aims to put truck shipping rates on the commodity market [photo gallery]
If you're Walmart, Amazon or some other giant business that pays to ship merchandise all over the nation, you want the cost to go down for hauling freight by truck — so your costs go down. → Read More