Retiring U.S. Senator (and former Chattanooga mayor) Bob Corker met with Chattanooga Christian School students in an auditorium, and he invited them to ask him questions on any topic. He also spoke with WUTC after the event. Some highlights (listen to the story for more): President Trump is easy to get on the phone—in “five minutes,” Corker says, he can often reach Trump. “Whether you agree with him or disagree with him, he is probably the most accessible President in the history of the world…

"I travel with a crystal ball," Rebecca Ryan jokes. As a futurist, she does a lot of travelling--and a lot of predicting. Of course, she uses data rather than mystic arts--she says she's informed by trends in five areas: society, technology, economy, environment, and politics. Lately, she's visited the Scenic City, and she's coming back next week. It's part of the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce's visioning process, tentatively titled "A Vision for Economic Prosperity." In this story, Chamber

The second installment of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke's summer reading series, Books with Berke , is a memoir about mentorship. Marian Wright Edelman's Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors will be discussed on Thursday, August 23rd at Waterhouse Pavillion, along with a mentorship fair. FROM A MEDIA RELEASE: Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the United Way will hold a mentoring fair and panel on Thursday, Aug. 23 at Waterhouse Pavilion. The fair and panel is in

This year’s Poetry vs Hip Hop face off between local poets and rappers is in The Camphouse on Martin Luther King Boulevard this Friday August 24 th . The billing for the show suggests a head to head competition which it is, but for the organizers it’s more a showcase for young talent. Richard Winham talked to some of the poets and rappers who will be engaging in a friendly tussle of words on Friday night.

Phil Bredesen, the former Governor of Tennessee now running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat, has a proposal. If elected, he would work toward legislation allowing a governmental agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, to provide broadband in underserved rural areas. His Republican opponent, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn, agrees rural broadband is a big priority--but she favors free-market solutions. In this story, they discuss their points of view.

The Chattanooga City Council is not in a hurry to decide whether three city buildings should be declared as surplus—not until they get more information from Mayor Berke’s office about the finances involved and the potential economic impact. At Tuesday night’s council meeting , the agenda included three resolutions about surplusing these three buildings, which are all located downtown around the Innovation District. Rather than voting yes or no on the resolutions, the council voted to table them.

When Gwen Douglas Hester first met Robert Sparks Walker, a notable Chattanooga author and naturalist, she had no idea who he was. “I just thought he was this guy,” Hester says, “that was crazy about birds and flowers and knew more than anybody I’d ever heard talk about them.” Of course, she can’t be blamed for not realizing his significance at the time—because she was only a small child back then. She and other children met Walker while hiking through Audubon Acres , the area that used to be his

This year, the Tennessee Valley Authority is celebrating their dams and plants with the Built For The People program where they invite the public to tour their facilities. WUTC’s Will Davis takes us to Raccoon Mountain .

The Chattanooga City Council is scheduled to vote this evening on declaring three city-owned buildings as surplus, but a citizen coaltion is questioning the process. TRANSCRIPT: Chattanooga officials hope to sell three city-owned buildings to private developers, which could create affordable housing downtown… but a citizen coalition ISN’T sold on the idea. The three buildings are located near city hall. If sold, they could be renovated from government offices into apartment buildings, generate

More than a century ago, Chattanooga city planners intended MLK Boulevard (at the time, it was named Ninth St.) to extend all the way to the Tennessee River. For some reason, construction never made it quite that far. Now it's finally happening. City officials on Thursday broke ground on a new extension that will take MLK through the Blue Goose Hollow area. The project is estimated to cost $3.5 million, and road construction could be completed by early 2020.