Chattanooga Now

10/09/2025

The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect food service establishments twice a year, grading them on a 100-point scale.

Here are this week's scores:

The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect food service establishments twice a year, grading them on a 100-point scale.

10/09/2025

A Chattanooga bookstore is one of the 20 friendliest places in the South, according to a list released Tuesday by Southern Living magazine.

10/09/2025

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera opens its 2025-26 season this week. Chattanooga Market is challenging chefs in the Lodge Cast-Iron Cook-Off, and Grammy winners will be performing.

Check out our list of upcoming events in the story below.

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera opens its 2025-26 season this week. Chattanooga Market is challenging chefs in the Lodge Cast-Iron Cook-Off, and Grammy winners will be performing. Here's a chronology.

10/09/2025

DINING REVIEW: It was one of those rare late-summer evenings when Mother Nature gifted us with a cool afternoon breeze, so nothing sounded better than sitting on the river and enjoying an early dinner at Steve's Landing in Soddy-Daisy.

It was one of those rare late-summer evenings when Mother Nature gifted us with a cool afternoon breeze, so nothing sounded better than sitting on the river and enjoying an early dinner at Steve's Landing in Soddy-Daisy.

10/09/2025

RESTAURANT SCENE: Early Tuesday, Khaled AlBanna's phone buzzed with a text to an article link.

"Here are the 50 best places in America right now," the article exclaimed.

It wasn't just any list. It was The New York Times' fifth annual restaurant list.

Early Tuesday, Khaled AlBanna's phone buzzed with a text to an article link.

09/09/2025

Some athletes can fill entire rooms, sheds or garages with the accoutrements of their particular sport.

We checked in with four Chattanoogans who've had to get creative to corral their vast collections. Here's how they do it.

Racks, bins and shelves may organize most sports paraphernalia, but not every weekend warrior's collection is average.

09/09/2025

"It's going to be a very different feeling coming into (next) season, knowing that we're not going to do it again here at AT&T Field."

It's been 25 years since AT&T Field first opened its gates for an exhibition game between the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles.

09/09/2025

Everything but underwater basket weaving seems to be offered as a class for adults, at venues all around Chattanooga.

You're never too old to learn. You really can learn something new every day.

09/09/2025

A growing number of Chattanooga-area residents say they relocated here because of the easy access to outdoor adventures, especially climbing.

When software engineer Rosa Mastrogiacoma moved to southeastern Tennessee from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, three years ago, it was a comfortable fit -- so comfortable, in fact, that it felt like she was being led here by a higher power, she says.

09/09/2025

Following a two-year hiatus, the Moon River Music Festival is making a comeback -- but not in Chattanooga.

08/09/2025

With an impending bonanza of bluegrass, here's how to enjoy Chattanooga's coming events.

As temperatures cool and fall approaches, the sounds of banjos, fiddles and mandolins will fill the Chattanooga air as bluegrass festivities take place around town.

07/09/2025

Cozy mystery novelist Valerie Burns wasn't one of those kids who always knew she wanted to be a writer. But she was always a reader.