By Mark Millican, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. Aug. 7--A new Central Enrollment Center for Murray County Schools helped the first day of school on Wednesday go smoother than usual, Superintendent Vickie Reed said.

By Kevin Cummings, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Jul. 27--DALTON, Ga. -- Rotting garbage is now providing half the powering to run the Dow Chemical latex plant that produces carpet-backing materials off Prosser Drive.

By Charles Oliver, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. Jul. 27--Tennessee reportedly provided some $500 million in tax breaks and other incentives to Volkswagen to build its only U.S. assembly plant and manufacturing headquarters in Chattanooga. But Tennessee won't reap all the benefits of that largesse.

By Jamie Jones, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. Jul. 18--Whitfield County residents peeked into their future on Thursday.

By Beverly Carroll, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Jul. 5--The first day of school is just a month away, but work on Catoosa County's new $41.6 million Heritage High School is right on schedule. In fact, it's a month ahead of schedule, principal Ronnie Bradford said last week.