The new year offers new opportunities to learn - and improve - your outdoor skills. Starting this week, Outdoor Chattanooga holds its Winter Workshops at its location in Coolidge Park - at 6:30 PM this and every Wednesday through February 19th, free and open to the public with no experience required. And on the following Saturdays, you get the chance to put your skills into practice. Sunshine Loveless is with Outdoor Chattanooga…

"The Pulse" is Chattanooga’s weekly alternative newspaper. Last month, it celebrated 16 years of covering news, music, art, culture and politics in this city and beyond. Gary Poole is The Pulse’s managing editor - and before the holidays, he stopped by “Scenic Roots”...

Gary Poole, managing editor of Chattanooga's alt-weekly "The Pulse." Sunshine Loveless on Outdoor Chattanooga's winter ways. Maite Bou, a dancer-turned-nutritionist, on how to shape a tasty life. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

Here in Chattanooga, Reach One Teach One UCA helps get children off the streets - and on to the basketball court. Reginald Yearby - known as “Coach Red” - started the nonprofit, which gives his players a purpose - both on and off the court. “Coach Red” stopped by “Scenic Roots"...

Making music together is open to all at Chattanooga Singing Circle. The community group teaches songs in the oral tradition through call and response - no age limit and no audition required to participate. Naomi Self manages the Circle. She and Circle member Princess Richards stopped by “Scenic Roots”...

Anthony Gladden teaches chess to kids who are eager to learn here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. He runs a free afterschool chess program - volunteering at schools, the Urban League and rec centers. Anthony says he’s just getting started...

Adventure Sports Innovation is a Chattanooga business that brings high-tech into outdoor experiences. In fact, it is one of six finalists for the annual Spirit of Innovation Award by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. The award winner will be named - and the other finalists will also be honored - next Wednesday, as part of Startup Week Chattanooga. Patrick Molloy is CEO of Adventure Sports Innovation...

Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, Jim Ledbetter talks to his wife Katie Larue about building a cabin in Northern Canada and returning to the cabin for the first time, with Katie, forty-five years later. Tennessee Valley StoryCorps brings you conversations from people who went to the StoryCorps recording booth in Chattanooga's Miller Park in the spring of 2019. You can subscribe to the Tennessee Valley StoryCorps podcast on iTunes or Google Podcasts and never miss an episode. This series is

Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, music writers Barry Courter and Shawn Ryan. Tennessee Valley StoryCorps brings you conversations from people who went to the StoryCorps recording booth in Chattanooga's Miller Park in the spring of 2019. You can subscribe to the Tennessee Valley StoryCorps podcast on iTunes or Google Play and never miss an episode. This series is produced and edited by Will Davis and made possible, in part, by EPB Fiber Optics.

Cochlear implants offer help for those who are hard of hearing. The devices have been around for years - but the surgery to implant them was not available in Southeast Tennessee - until now. Two practices here in Chattanooga - Johnson Audiology, and Associates in ENT - have partnered to make the surgery available at Memorial Hospital. Dr. Megan Johnson is owner of Johnson Audiology - and Dr. Doug Leinig is a surgeon with Associates in ENT...