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Your Tuesday at a glance:

  • Weather: High 52; mostly cloudy
  • What to drink: Fresh and healthy juices, now being served at the Local Juicery + Kitchen with a side of fresh appreciation for Chattanooga.
  • What to do: Catch future guest hosts Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik and Aaron Rodgers, who will help fill in for the late Alex Trebek on “Jeopardy!” in the coming weeks.
  • What we’re excited about: This major memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which will be erected where they met and studied in the 1950s.

Greetings, Chattanooga!

Can we just take a moment to applaud the resilience of so many local restaurants? 2020 was an insane year for them – and thus far, so is 2021. Here, writer Barry Courter looks at how Chattanooga food providers and bars are continuing to adapt to the pandemic.

And now, a few recent stories:

The Hamilton County Health Department has announced additional slots available to Hamilton County residents who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

Columnist Dana Shavin reflects on the difficulties of 2020 in this message to her future self.

And, who remembers when this 1966 snowfall was followed by record cold temperatures?

– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com

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