NASCAR SpeedPark Smoky Mountains™, the official family fun park of NASCAR®, celebrates its local community during Sevier County Days on Sept. 14 through Sept. 20, 2015. Any person who resides or works in Sevier County will receive all-day, unlimited play to NASCAR SpeedPark with a donation of $5 and one canned food item. Special events throughout the week include Church ...

Dollywood continues to rack up accolades from Amusement Today’s annual Golden Ticket Awards, this year earning three “best of” awards and placing in the top-five in seven additional categories during the magazine’s 2015 awards ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at Luna Park in New York City. “Every time they announce the Golden Tickets results, I am so proud to ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Mountain Life Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public. The festival preserves the legacy of Appalachian folkways and is a tribute to the many families who lived on lands that would later become ...

LeConte Medical Center hosted a “Meet and Greet” introducing new physicians to area physicians and other medical providers in the community. In conjunction with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Covenant Health, LeConte Medical Center provides a comprehensive array of healthcare services and quality healthcare providers in the community. Guests were welcomed by Jenny Hanson, president/chief administrative officer of LeConte ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the closure of the Whiteoak Sink area effective now through March 31, 2016 to limit human disturbance to bat hibernacula and help hikers avoid interactions with bats. Park biologists will be monitoring the site throughout the winter collecting population, ecological and behavioral data that will inform resource managers developing a long-term protection plan. ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is inviting the public to the Geoffrey A. Gallery from Sept. 11 to Nov. 7, 2015 to view Time, a collaborative exhibit by Blair Clemo and Jason Hackett. The exhibit showcases an array of utilitarian and sculptural ceramic works measuring time through developed surfaces, symbolic image, and historic and geologic form. Clemo’s work explores ...

NASCAR SpeedPark® Smoky Mountains, the official family fun park of NASCAR®, is teaming up with Smoky Mountain Young Life in partnership with its charitable arm, PARC Foundation, to host the YL Fast Lane 5K on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at 8 a.m. at NASCAR SpeedPark in Sevierville. Running enthusiasts, as well as supporters of Young Life, are invited to participate ...

The American Bus Association announced today that Gatlinburg’s July 4th Celebration has been designated as one of the Top 100 Events in North America and the Gatlinburg Beans and Cornbread Festival has been named a Top 100 Event to Watch for 2016. Chosen by an experienced expert tourism industry selection committee, the events list will be published as a supplement ...

Sevier County businesses are seeking to fill hundreds of open positions at the Sevier County Job Fair. The Sevier County Job Fair will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, from noon until 6 p.m. at the Tennessee Smokies Baseball Park, 3540 Line Drive in Kodak, Tenn. (I-40 Exit 407). The following businesses are participating in the Sevier County Job Fair: ...

The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program has recognized LeConte Medical Center for its commitment to leadership for best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The program was created by Cribs for Kids®, a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to preventing infant, sleep-related deaths due to accidental suffocation. “Sleep-related death results in the loss of over 3500 infants every year in ...