As the Gulf Coast braced for a hurricane, animal shelters here in Chattanooga - already at or near capacity - were taking in dogs and cats from evacuated areas.

This summer, we’ve introduced you to teaching artists and other talented people at what is now the Arts-Based Collaborative here on our campus.

This time last year, we met Katie Goforth Elverd, a professor and the new director of music therapy on our campus: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Black business owners represent 10 percent of all businesses in this country - and about 30 percent of all minority-owned businesses. This month, Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union is celebrating six of those business owners here in Chattanooga with a series of online videos as part of National Black Business Month.

Kelvin J. Lloyd & Marcus K. Johnson on Black-owned businesses. Katie Goforth Elverd on the music therapy program at UTC. Laurie Allen of ABC at UTC - and Sandi Smith of 4Paws Pantry. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Richard Winham presents a performance by The Jim Crumble Trio - recorded at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga - ahead of a backyard show this weekend to raise money for Wednesday jazz sessions at the theater.

Kristen Harmel is a New York Times best-selling author of a dozen novels. Her latest - just released - is “The Book of Lost Names.”

Author Kristin Harmel on "The Book of Lost Names." Chris Stokes of UTC's Office of Multicultural Affairs. From Barking Legs Theater: The Jim Crumble Trio. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, poet Erika Roberts.

Richard Winham presents part two of a performance by Flagship Romance - the harmonic alternative folk duo of Shawn Fisher and Jordyn Jackson - livestreamed from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina.