As Tennessee boating fatalities in 2023 keep pace with 2022 at 14 to date, state officials are gearing up for Operation Dry Water, a nationwide campaign pushing boater sobriety awareness and education with a heightened focus during the July Fourth holiday period.
Imagine Chattanoogans surprise when, after engineering reports, a comprehensive study by the U.S. Army s Corps of Engineers, a recommendation from the secretary of war and a 1939 endorsement by the speaker of the House, funding for the proposed levees to protect Chattanooga and Rossville stalled in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. The area remained exposed to flooding.