Trails, campsites and a shelter in the Hazel Creek area reopened today, after being closed since the bear attack nearly a month ago. Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced Thursday, July 2, 2015, that Hazel Creek Trail, Jenkins Ridge Trail, Bone Valley Trail, Cold Spring Gap Trail, Derrick Knob Shelter, and backcountry campsites 82, 83, 84, 85, ...

Pigeon Forge officials announced today that construction of the Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge reached its midway point and is on schedule to be completed on December 31, 2015, in time for the planned opening in Spring 2016. Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge is a $22.5 million, city-owned youth baseball complex that will feature six lighted synthetic turf fields, each based on ...

The Farmers Market at Sevierville Commons is a great place to purchase fresh meats and produce for your 4th of July celebrations while also having fun and learning a thing or two about the Revolutionary War. The weekly Sevierville Farmers Market, held every Friday in historic downtown Sevierville, will celebrate the birth of our nation a day early on market ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters has called a Special Session of the Sevier County Commission at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2015 in room 306w of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Ave. in historic downtown Sevierville, Tenn. A number of items are on the Sevier County Commission agenda, including: Consideration of a resolution determining the certified tax rate ...

The Sevier County Clerk’s office will now issue marriage licenses to all couples, both opposite-sex and same-sex couples who apply to marry. In Sevier County and across Tennessee, government offices are preparing to make marriage licenses available to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 26, 2015 that states cannot ban same-sex couples from marrying and must ...

Fans of the “Maple” series of children’s books are in for a treat, as author Lori Nichols will be holding three book signings at Dollywood on Friday. Dollywood and the Imagination Library welcome children’s author Lori Nichols for book signings at 11:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015 following shows at the Little Engine Playhouse ...

More than 1,000 animals featured in the new “Swarm” exhibit will captivate visitors to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. Animals that swarm are the stars of the 2015 Swarm exhibit, which opened Tuesday at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. The exhibit has 20 fun interactives to experience, along with habitats of live Halloween Crabs, Herding Catfish, Flashlight Fish, ...

The Tennessee Department of Education has announced the finalists for the 2015-16 Tennessee Teacher of the Year Award and a local Pigeon Forge teacher made the list. Dr. Karen Kelly of Pigeon Forge High School is among nine finalists up for the 2015-16 Tennessee Teacher of the Year Award. The finalists are elementary, middle, and high school educators from each ...

Looking for something fun to to do with your Dad on Father’s Day? Fathers are free at any Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group Show in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., on Father’s Day, Sunday June 21, 2015. One of the largest show production companies in the Southeast, The Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group owns and produces six major shows in the Smoky Mountain area ...

Officers and detectives from the Sevierville Police Department are requesting assistance from the public to identify two persons of interest in a recent report of fraud at the Sevierville AT&T store. According to Sevierville Police Department Officer Graham Ownby, the Sevierville AT&T store at 620 Parkway contacted police to report that two men used false identification to fraudulently obtain two ...