French artist Claire Vassort: silk painting, American attitudes and hang gliding
For French-born artist Claire Vassort, painting is about movement -- both in life and on silk.
This Israeli-American former pro basketball player found success and happiness in Chattanooga
Growing up in Hadera, Israel, a coastal city between Tel Aviv and Haifa, Tal Cohen could see the Mediterranean ocean from his house.
Chattanoogan Keplet Harrigan honors his Haitian heritage while fully embracing American culture
Keplet Harrigan still laughs, 30 years later, when he remembers his first day of college in the U.S. as an international student from Haiti. Like a scene from a movie, he recalls that he and several others watched an American student eat an entire pizza and drink a liter of Coke while waiting in a dormitory lobby.
Chattanooga is a melting pot of people from around the world
Chattanooga has always been a cultural crossroads — first as Ross's Landing, a bustling trading post on the border between the 19th-century U.S. and the Cherokee Nation, and now, as a city shaped by global influences in business, education and cuisine.
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‘I am elated’: A Chattanoogan in the federal government gets her job back after judge’s ruling
The Department of Energy wasted no time in telling Victoria DiStefano, a Chattanoogan working in the federal government, that she can have her job back.
Check out ‘Southern Exposure,’ a photograph by Billy Weeks
William "Billy" Weeks doesn't just press buttons on his camera -- he hunts light, waits for truth and captures the moment the two collide. "My photographs are stories in one-500th of a second," he explains.
Westview Elementary principal will move into new leadership role
Westview Elementary Principal Debbie Caudle stepped down and will move into another leadership role within Hamilton County Schools, according to a letter Superintendent Justin Robertson emailed to families and staff Saturday. Robertson described the news as "bittersweet."
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Elon Musk blasts Chattanooga pastor after sermon refers to violence
Minister responds to criticism from DOGE boss: 'A.I. wrote that'
Chattanooga locals are choosing unique and affordable paths to ‘I do’
In November 2023, as afternoon sunlight filtered through the trees at Enterprise South Nature Park, Jocia and Hyde Moran said their vows in front of a decommissioned TNT bunker. They loved the outdoors -- and the idea of a one-of-a-kind wedding. Even though they literally tied the knot -- participating in a Norse hand-fasting ceremony -- their choice of venue was the conversational spark.
A giraffe in Coolidge Park? Only in Cindy Procious’ painting ‘Woman on Giraffe’
Cindy Procious's passion for art started at 8 years old when her mother realized she had fewer presents than her siblings at Christmas. So her mom went to the drugstore to buy her one of those little art kits that come in a case with a handle, Procious explains. She's been making art ever since.
