A group of investors led by Chattanooga businessman and media specialist Craig Fuller is planning to buy the Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper from its Arkansas owners, sources say.
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The deal would not include the newspaper property on E. 11th Street, it was stated... it is expected the new operation would be online only.

The Times Free Press currently prints only on Sundays.

The Erlanger Health system announced Wednesday morning that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Prisma Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in Greenville, South Carolina, to become part of that system.

Erlanger has been treating patients with no healthcare coverage as a so-called 'safety net hospital.'

Erlanger is a Level I trauma center, one of six in Tennessee. Erlanger is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine Chattanooga.

Sad on both accounts. I'm surprised that the Chattanooga metro area can barely support a newspaper. Also, it is very surprising that Erlanger Health can't stay in business without the help from a South Carolina health system. I'm surprised Vanderbilt or U.T. Medical Systems weren't interested. Maybe they were, but not enough money? It is reported that Blount Memorial Hospital, now Prisma, turned down options from U.T. Medical Systems and Covenant.