Participants in the Light the Way 5K Walk/Run will see Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival in a new light – actually four million lights – as the theme park hosts this special event for a fourth year on Nov. 13 beginning at 11 p.m. “The beauty of Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival combined with the challenge of a course that ...

Margaritaville Island Hotel will be hosting the first annual Pumpkin Painting Contest on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at 5 p.m. Children will have the opportunity to use their creativity, painting & decorating skills to design special pumpkins for $5 each. All proceeds will be donated to the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home of Sevierville, Tenn. The Pumpkin Painting Contest will be ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a statewide Tennessee AMBER Alert on behalf of the Knoxville Police Department for 2-year-old Brooklynne Emerie Enix. She is a white female, 3’0 tall, 38 lbs, blue eyes and brown hair. Brooklynne was last seen at her residence in Knoxville yesterday. Brooklynne’s mother was discovered earlier today, deceased in that same residence. Brooklynne may be in ...

Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge will be offering discounted tickets from Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 through Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, excluding Saturdays, for those who live or work locally and in the surrounding counties during their Local Appreciation Days Food Drive to benefit Sevier County Food Ministries. Any resident or employee of Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, and the Knoxville Zoo are coming together to offer a free elementary and middle school teacher workshop on expanding your classroom into the schoolyard. All elementary and middle school teachers are welcome to attend the workshop on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ...

The City of Sevierville Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled a lifeguard certification class at the Sevierville Community Center on the following dates and times. After passing the skills test, participants must attend all six of the class dates to achieve lifeguard certification. November 6, 2015 Skills test (time to be determined) November 7, 14 and 21 classes will be ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash was presented with a $19,000 gift from the Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited as part of their continuing efforts to support the park’s fisheries program. The donation included two checks in the amount of $15,000 and another for $4,000 raised by the Little River Chapter at the 2015 Troutfest Banquet. The ...

As high school seniors across the state are submitting their applications for the Tennessee Promise program by the Nov. 2 deadline, there is a need for mentors across the state, including here in Sevier County. Tennessee Promise ensures that the state’s high school graduates have tuition-free access to two years of community or technical college. Mentoring is a vital part ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host several events for Bat Week, Oct. 25 – 31, 2015 to highlight the important role bats play in our ecosystem. Park rangers invite the public to visit bat information stations at Oconaluftee Visitor Center in North Carolina and Sugarlands Visitor Center in Tennessee from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Bats ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park wildlife biologists remind the public to allow bears to forage undisturbed on natural foods during this critical feeding period before winter hibernation. Bears depend on fall foods such as acorns and grapes to store fat reserves that enable them to survive winter. This year, these foods in the park are extremely rare leading bears to ...