In Tennessee, where 13 hospitals have closed in the last decade (the second most of any state), public transportation is limited, chronic disease and poverty rates are high and physicians are in short supply, technology may be a person's best chance of receiving needed care. Neighboring Georgia and Alabama face similar challenges.

Vascular surgeon Chris LeSar is a self-proclaimed tech junkie who says technology isn't just an asset to his medical practice - it's essential.

Technology launched by an entrepreneurial mental health provider in Chattanooga is making it easier for therapists to become licensed and for people in need to access their services.

Liz West was ready to fix the double chin that had always bothered her, but she wasn't interested in surgery.

Robert Hartman sees his future with a clarity that some might consider unusual for a 22-year-old.

"Hey there, have you ever been looking at real estate online or Facebook Marketplace or something like that and you realize just how bad some of the pictures are on these listings?"

Low unemployment is good economic news, but it's not the whole story.

Skills training is great, but without a paycheck it's just a pipe dream for most people, says Bo Drake, the vice president of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College.

The shift to assembling electric vehicles is part of what Ilker Subasi calls the fourth generation of the industrial revolution.

Carrie Turcotte opened Northshore Financial Strategies in 2010 knowing very well that some people wouldn't be comfortable with her style.

About four of every 10 people who move to the Chattanooga area come from outside of Tennessee, and the phase-out of the state's Hall income tax will make the city even more attractive to retirees and others, an expert says.

The sign painters for Chattanooga's banks should stay busy in 2020 as the local banking landscape continues to get new names and players, including the first new startup bank in Chattanooga in 13 years.

The recently passed SECURE Act loosens up some rules around contributing to and drawing from IRAs, gives employers incentives to offer their employees access to 401k retirement accounts, and changes the game (not for the better) for anyone who inherits an IRA from a parent.

When it comes to preparing for retirement, today's workers are on their own in a way that past generations weren't.

If you've been around for a while, you may recall how we worried our computers would crash at the stroke of midnight on the last day of 1999, wiping out our bank accounts and shutting down the infrastructure as every digit of that year vanished into the weirdly futuristic-sounding 2000.

When EPB launched its Internet, video and phone services a decade ago in conjunction with efforts to build a smarter electric grid, the city-owned utility projected it would speed internet service and attract about 30,000 to 35,000 customers for its telecom services.

The hemp industry took root in a big way in 2019, sprouting businesses across Tennessee, and many people are betting on that trend to accelerate in 2020 despite some growing pains.

Volkswagen's dream of becoming the No. 1 seller of electric vehicles in America runs through Chattanooga.

As the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce rolls out its five-year strategy for economic and talent development this fall, it's not alone in its efforts to prepare new generations for the jobs of the future.

Chattanooga's biggest potential riverfront development downtown since the 21st Century Waterfront Project was completed more than a decade ago is moving ahead in 2020, officials say.

This second-generation, family-owned business has nearly half a century of serving residential and commercial customers in the Chattanooga area.

2002 — Battle Academy opens on Market Street, paving the way to the expansion of the Southside as an entertainment and residential district which has continued for almost two decades. The downtown magnet school is named for H.H. Battle, a former Chattanooga pastor and member of the former city board of education. Brown Academy, a twin magnet school near UTC, was also opened that year. The same year, Normal Park Museum Magnet opens across the river in North Chattanooga, serving as a catalyst for a residential and commercial resurgence in one of the city's traditional, pre-WWII neighborhoods.

In a city that delivers blazing-fast internet, looms large on the logistics landscape, and mints start-ups of every type, Phillip D. Glass is easy to overlook. Sitting blithely on that water tower along Riverside Drive, Glass cheerfully represents what we've long taken for granted in this city along the Tennessee River — clean, abundant water.