Lifestyle

All-day breakfast restaurant Ruby Sunshine is coming to Downtown Gatlinburg with a brunch menu worth shouting from the mountaintop! Ruby Sunshine will offer New Orleans-style twists on Southern brunch classics, including benedicts, pancakes and French Toast, as well as eye-opening cocktails. The restaurant is the latest concept from Ruby Slipper Restaurant Group, the collective behind the acclaimed Big Easy-based eatery ...

Park officials warned campers and backpackers in the Smoky Mountains backcountry that campfires are temporarily banned and spring water sources dry due to drought conditions. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced a temporary ban on backcountry campfires effective immediately. Due to abnormally dry weather conditions, the potential for wildfires to occur in the backcountry has dramatically increased. The fire ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a Cades Cove Stargazing Event on Saturday. Park rangers invite the public to escape the city lights and observe the natural night sky for an evening of viewing stars with equipment and instruction provided by the Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society. Depending on visibility, visitors will experience close-up observations of the planet Jupiter and ...

A local veterinary clinic is trying to find a good home for a pit bull found roaming in east Tennessee with money and a note attached pleading for someone to care for the dog. #internationaldogday A brown and white pit bull named “Friend.” Smoky Mountain Animal Clinic in Seymour, Tenn. says a client found the dog named “Friend” wandering on ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced a temporary, weekday closure of the Noah Bud Ogle Cabin, Noah Bud Ogle Nature Trail, and associated parking area to allow crews to make needed cabin repairs. The area will be closed weekly August 26 through September 12, 2019 on Monday mornings at 7 a.m. through Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. The area ...

Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season as well as being during the August private lands, archery only deer season. Free Hunting Day on August 24, 2019 is an event the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency annually provides in hopes of increasing interest in hunting. Squirrel hunting is ...

Knoxville community partners and employers are participating in a 2-day event to help area veterans access vital resources and find employment. The American Job Center in Knoxville is coordinating a community resource fair and job fair focused on area veterans who need assistance in finding resources or are looking for new employment. Veterans Resource Fair: The American Job Center has ...

A dog was reunited with its owner after an eight year separation because animal control officers were able to find the owner’s information from a pet microchip. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the reunion between a malamute named Oreo and its owner Ms. Dove was made possible by some good Samaritans, Animal Control officers and a pet microchip. ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Look Rock Picnic Area will reopen to the public on Friday, July 26, 2019. Park crews recently completed the first phase of a rehabilitation project allowing the site to reopen after being closed in 2013. “We’re glad that people will once again have the opportunity to enjoy a picnic as part of ...

The annual Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday and here is your guide to what is tax-free… and what is not. The 2019 tax-free weekend begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 26 and ends Sunday, July 28 at 11:59 p.m. This is an annual event intended to help families stretch their dollar when doing back to school shopping. However, ...