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The Mountain Tough Recovery Team received a boost this week as The Dollywood Foundation pledged the organization at least $3 million from the My People Fund. During a six-month period, The Dollywood Foundation’s My People Fund provided $10,000 to recipients whose primary residences were completely destroyed due to the November wildfires. The fund, which was established by Dolly Parton, The ...

When Florence Ruel looks around Treasures From the Heart thrift store in Sevierville, she sees an operation largely of her making. While Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries made the decision to create the store and chose the location, it was Ruel who was hired to get it open. She arranged the interior, decided where items would be placed and helped ...

Wounded Warrior Project empowered veterans to use hammers, anvils, and fire to turn a horseshoe into a unique knife during a recent connection event in Sevierville. Injured veterans were handed horseshoes when they arrived at Mohr Custom Knives. All left with new custom knives – and a connection forged during an afternoon of camaraderie while turning old steel into a ...

We are always looking for ways to be a blessing to buyers and sellers of real estate in our area! Recently we had an exciting encounter with a buyer. It came from a call I picked up while I was exhibiting at the Gatlinburg Log and Timber Show. Mark and Debbie Searcy were driving through the area when they saw ...

The 10th annual 5K run to benefit Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries has a new name and a new course route. The 5K in May is now called Pig Pickin 5K, and will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 — the same weekend as the annual Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival in downtown Sevierville. This year the 5K will ...

People from outside the area who are interested in owning homes or cabins here constantly ask us, “How did the wildfires affect the real estate market in the Smokies?” That is a great question. The short answer is that we are in a season where it is really a seller’s market, for a couple of different reasons. First, even before ...

Ramsey Cascades Trail reopened on Thursday following the installation of a new foot log. The trail has been closed since August 2016 when the foot log was damaged by a fallen tree. The foot log spans a section of Ramsey Prong that is too swift and deep to allow hikers to safely rock-hop across river. The popular, four-mile trail is ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host the 2017 Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) workshop June 2-4, 2017 in Crossville at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center. The relaxed atmosphere of the BOW workshop is aimed at women, and an opportunity for those 18 or older to learn outdoor skills usually associated with hunting and fishing. However, the workshop provides ...

The Smoky Mountain Opry Theater in Pigeon Forge donated $100,000 raised during its Christmas Candle Program to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. “Our own little employee family has been greatly helped by the amazing medical care they have received from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and thousands and thousands of children have been helped by the services of this hospital as well,” ...

Voting began today for the Tennessee Piggy Bank Pageant and the public may vote for their favorites in an online poll. How do plastic bottles, bits of string, paint, glue and ribbon help Sevier County Youth learn about money? These are materials that local students use annually to craft handmade piggy banks for entering in UT Extension’s annual Piggy Bank ...