Government

The City of Gatlinburg Recreation Department recently completed construction of a greenway around the Rocky Top Sports World Complex and Mills Park, achieving the long-term goal of tying all the fields together with one unified walking trail. “Since the planning phase of the sports complex, the City and Rocky Top staff have envisioned a walking trail to tie all the ...

Area Veterans and those who attend the VA Outpatient Clinic in Sevierville are invited to a Veterans Town Hall at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at the Sevier County Courthouse. The Executive Leadership Team from Mountain Home VA Medical Center will be there to answer Veteran’s questions and hear their concerns. Veterans and their families are invited to ...

With the holidays upon us, some may decide that an investment in a small company is the perfect holiday gift. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance’s (TDCI) Securities Division wants to remove the mystery for investors about recently finalized rules that spell out specifics about how companies are allowed to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding. “Crowdfunding is a ...

Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that it has received a new bullet and stab protective vest for K-9 Dasko, thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. The protective vest was sponsored by an anonymous donor and is embroidered with the sentiment “This gift of protection provided by Vested Interest in K9s, ...

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 ...

The City of Sevierville Planning and Development Department is currently conducting a comprehensive review of City zoning ordinances. The review process began this summer when several public meetings were held with guidance from the Orion Planning Group, a professional consulting company. The purpose of the review is to ultimately provide the City with recommended zoning ordinance changes. The City wants ...

The Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development announced that Sevierville has achieved Tennessee Main Street Certification. Sevierville, Bolivar and McKenzie join the ranks of twenty-eight Tennessee Main Street communities that are certified through the state’s downtown revitalization program and accredited by the National Main Street Center. The Sevierville Commons Association, a non-profit comprised of local community members who believe ...

As wildfires continue to burn across much of the western United States, employees with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry are among those on the front lines of the firefight. A total of 35 employees have been deployed so far this summer to assist in the firefighting efforts. Fourteen are currently working in Utah, Oregon, Washington and Montana, ...

Two City of Sevierville Fire Department firefighters recently graduated from paramedic school at Walters State Community College. Firefighters Tony Hardin (left) and Britt Turner (right) successfully completed approximately 1,800 classroom and clinical hours of advanced emergency training to attain their paramedic certification. “I am very proud of the commitment these two firefighters have made, not only to our department, but ...

Citizens can experience what it is like to be a police officer in Sevierville by attending a free Citizens Police Academy. The Sevierville Police Department has announced a Citizens Police Academy will begin this month to provide an opportunity for citizens to learn basic police skills and experience police work in a safe, organized and structured environment. Citizens Police Academy ...