Global auto supplier DENSO announced today that it is adding 500 jobs and investing $400 million to expand its electronics manufacturing capabilities and build a new warehouse at its DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee manufacturing facility in Maryville. The new 186,528-square-foot warehouse allows DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee to consolidate its various warehouse operations in the Maryville area into one located on its campus, ...

Friends of the Smokies raised $202,351 Thursday through its 21st annual Friends Across the Mountains telethon thanks to hundreds of callers, online donations and help from sponsors Dollywood, Mast General Store, Pilot Flying J, and Tennessee State Bank. Since 1995, Friends of the Smokies’ telethons have raised more than $3.2 million in support of America’s most-visited national park. The Friends ...

Ripken Baseball has announced Mike Kremblas, coach of the Knoxville Stars 9u baseball team, as one of the nine finalists in the 2015 Ripken Baseball Youth Coach of the Year Award. Together, Ripken Baseball and Baseball America are on a mission to celebrate youth coaches who represent “The Ripken Way” pillars – character, commitment, community, family, fun, integrity, passion, perseverance ...

The National Park Service is turning 99 years old on August 25, 2015 and Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites you to join the party! Park visitors are encouraged to participate in one of the many ranger-led programs at park visitor centers or enjoy exploring the park along a scenic roadway, trail, or river. “We invite everyone to join us ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help provide visitors with historic information at Mingus Mill located one half mile north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, N.C. Mingus Mill, built in 1886, offers visitors a unique look into the inner workings of the turbine-wheel operated mill that custom ground a variety of grains including corn, wheat, ...

Great Smoky Mountains Association’s “Carroll Best and the White Oak String Band” has been named among the best of the year by earning an award nomination in the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual competition. GSMA’s compilation of old-time Smoky Mountain music, first recorded more than 60 years ago just outside the national park, has been nominated along with four other ...

Dollywood announced today that the park is hosting The Band Perry in concert as part of the Showcase of Stars on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Tickets to The Band Perry concert go on sale to Dollywood season pass holders on Friday, Aug. 21. One of the most dynamic acts in music today, the sibling trio proved to be a powerful ...

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is now giving students who left high school before graduating the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency diploma at no cost. “This is a real game changer for those who need this credential to get a job,” said Jason Beard, administrator of the Adult Education Division of the Tennessee Department of ...

The Sevierville Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office to step up DUI enforcement from August 19 to September 7, 2015, surrounding the Labor Day holiday. The statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of a national mobilization to prevent drunk driving. Tennessee experienced 6,645 known alcohol-related crashes in 2014. That equates to an ...

USTA Foundation, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has announced that Jonathan Fintak of Sevierville, Tenn., who recently graduated from Seymour High School, has been named a recipient of the first $10,000 Pro Tennis Management Scholarship. This past spring, the USTA Foundation granted 53 high school students a variety of college scholarships, totaling $373,000. The ...