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Skin care products from Happy Skin Naturals have been chosen for an award at a tradeshow spotlighting products made in Tennessee. The 2016 Pick Tennessee Products tradeshow was recently held in Nashville during the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association’s Food Expo. Happy Skin Naturals is a participant in the Pick Tennessee Products program, a free statewide program offered by ...

Stages West, located in the heart of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., “returned home” with the grand reopening of its beloved store on Thursday, June 30, 2016. In August of 2015, fire heavily damaged the store’s infrastructure, causing it to close its doors for nearly a year. After months of rebuilding and preparation, Stages West officially reopened today, and it’s bigger, better, ...

LeConte Medical Center has been included on the 2016 list of 100 Great Community Hospitals in the U.S. compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The Becker’s editorial team selected community hospitals around the country based on rankings and awards from a variety of healthcare organizations, including iVantage Health Analytics, Truven Health Analytics, Healthgrades, CareChex, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the ...

Five spirits produced by Old Forge Distillery, including a chocolate moonshine, won awards recently at the world’s largest consumer tasting competition. Old Forge Distillery’s 1830 Original Chocolate Moonshine, a 60-proof chocolate-flavored moonshine inspired by homemade desserts made at the Old Mill Candy Kitchen and Pottery House Café, and its Old Forge Reserve Bourbon, an eight-year-old whiskey aged in charred white ...

Beef cattle and tobacco producers should make plans to attend the Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day hosted by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. The field day takes place on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center in Springfield, Tenn. Admission is free and registration begins at 7:30 a.m. at the field day ...

Jersey Mike’s Subs, known for its fresh sliced/fresh grilled subs, will open its first restaurant in Pigeon Forge with a fundraising event to benefit local charities. Franchise owners Don Bauer and Philip Horn Jr. will celebrate the grand opening for Jersey Mike’s Subs, located at 2656 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, with a free sub fundraiser from Wednesday, June 15 to ...

The volunteer scholarship committee at LeConte Medical Center recently presented three $1,000 scholarships. The first recipient, Alexa Alana, donated over 100 hours of service to the medical center as a junior volunteer. She is also the daughter of Ariel Alana, laboratory supervisor at LeConte Medical Center. Alexa graduated from Gatlinburg-Pittman High School this week, and will be attending Rhodes College ...

The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce officially welcomed Mom’s Heart to downtown Gatlinburg on Monday, May 23, 2016 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new business offers unique products and gifts for locals and visitors to commemorate that special occasion or memory with a personalized keepsake, including: Laser Engraving on a variety of materials and products Photo Printing and Custom Matting ...

Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus announced that Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) will be the first private tenant at the research park, a move that brings the firm closer to its clients throughout the region and provides the needed custom design of office, laboratory and other space designated for maintenance and storage of technical equipment. Consistently ranked among the Top ...

UT is offering a poultry processing workshop designed for small-scale poultry farmers who want to consider processing their birds and direct marketing the meat. Managing food safety risk is an important consideration for poultry farmers who want to process poultry on the farm says Hal Pepper, financial analysis specialist with the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture. “Poultry farmers ...