MEDIC Regional Blood Center and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an “urgent call-to-action” for healthy people to give blood amid coronavirus fears. According to MEDIC Regional Blood Center, six blood drives scheduled for this month have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The blood center supplies blood and blood-related products to 25 hospitals in 22 counties, including ...

Dollywood announced that the theme park would open as scheduled this weekend amid coronavirus concerns that closed other theme parks in the country. Dollywood opens on schedule Friday, March 13, 2020 for its season pass holders and on Saturday for general guests after installing hand sanitation stations throughout the park and vowing to clean surfaces more frequently. “We’ll be open ...

The Sevier County Economic Development Council, along with their manufacturing partners, is pleased to host Manufacturing Week running March 9-13, 2020. This week will showcase the outstanding manufacturers located in Sevier County, along with all of the great career opportunities that are available. “Our manufacturing industry in Sevier County is booming. Many of our businesses have expanded both their buildings ...

U.S. Air Force Veteran Blair Walsingham, of Hawkins County, announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, a 74-year-old Clarksville republican who has held the seat since 2009, announced in January that he would not be running for re-election. Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District includes all of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, ...

Sevier County leaders, including elected officials and representatives from county emergency services, health departments and school system; cities of Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Pittman Center; healthcare providers and the National Park Service met Wednesday to discuss preparedness plans for potential cases of Coronavirus, Novel COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control, for most of the American public who ...

A young woman died after falling out the window of a moving vehicle on the Foothills Parkway on Tuesday. Park rangers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park responded to reports of an accident near mile marker 13 of the Foothills Parkway, between Chilhowee Lake and Look Rock, at about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Deputies from the ...

Results of the State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election held March 3, 2020. All results are unofficial until certified by the Sevier County Election Commission. Sevier County Voter Turnout Total Votes % Early Vote Election Day Absentee PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 25) 25 100 REGISTERED VOTERS –  TOTAL BALLOTS CAST ...

Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as a result of an undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotics Unit. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, a Sevier County Grand Jury returned 90 presentments when it convened earlier this month as a result of an ongoing undercover operation dubbed Safe Streets Belitz. Officers and agents from Sevier County ...

A Sevierville man wanted in connection with a hit and run that left two children seriously inured turned himself to authorities. 47-year-old Pablo Hernandez, of Sevierville, was arrested and charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury, after he allegedly hit two children just before 7 a.m. on Thursday morning near 701 West Main Street ...

Two children were struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Sevierville Thursday morning and the driver fled the scene. Sevierville police and fire departments responded to a report of two children being struck by a vehicle near 701 West Main Street just before 7 a.m. on February 20, 2020. Witnesses told police that a pickup truck traveling ...