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UT Extension Family Economics Specialists will be available to assist individuals/families in replacing important documents. Individuals will be helped in completing necessary applications for such documents as: Birth Certificates Military Discharge Papers Citizen & Naturalization Papers Income Tax Records Marriage/Death/Divorce Certificates Military Records This FREE service will be offered at Pigeon Forge Library on two dates: Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 ...

Tennessee Housing Development Agency has made emergency funding available to three locally-based organizations to help persons displaced by the wildfires in Sevier County. The Tennessee Valley Coalition on Homelessness, Helen Ross McNabb Center and Family Promise of Blount County have programs in place to assist households facing homelessness and are administrators of the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program. THDA ...

Several famous names have been added to the growing list of celebrities set to perform during Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 at 8 p.m. (EST). Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Big & Rich, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, LOCASH, Chris Janson and Montgomery Gentry are just a few of the new ...

A Multi-Agency Resource Center will open on Monday to provide assistance to wildfire victims who lost their homes, who were displaced by the fire or businesses who need help. The Multi-Agency Resource Center will open Dec. 12, 2016 at the former Belz Factory Mall, 2655 Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge, and operate Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. ...

Authorities arrested two people on Wednesday for allegedly starting the wildfire that swept through Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, killing 14 people. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said at a press conference held Dec. 7, 2016 at the Sevier County Courthouse that a joint investigation by the TBI; National Park Service; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and ...

In a video message released Thursday, Dolly Parton announced a new effort by The Dollywood Company and The Dollywood Foundation to establish a fund to assist the victims of the Great Smoky Mountain wildfires in Tennessee. The new My People Fund will provide $1000 each month to Sevier County families who lost their homes. “I’ve always believed charity begins at ...

In less than 48 hours, thousands of individual donors contributed more than $100,000 to Friends of the Smokies in support of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on #GivingTuesday. One hundred percent of these donations will help meet the greatest needs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, beginning immediately with emergency relief efforts related to the recent wildfires. “We are truly ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has established a hotline to coordinate reports of missing persons in the areas affected by the recent wildfires in East Tennessee. Those wishing to report missing individuals believed to be in the affected areas of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Wears Valley may contact 1-800-TBI-FIND. Callers should be prepared to relay as much identifying information as ...

The Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., has been involved in helping responders and victims of the Smoky Mountain fires and announced a $100,000 donation to fire relief efforts. The folks from Fee/Hedrick’s “Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Feud” fed people displaced from the fires a free lunch on Tuesday. The co-owners of Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment, David Fee and ...

Local organizations are collecting wildfire relief donations to help first responders and people evacuated from fire stricken areas of Sevier County. People have expressed a willingness to make donations of money and supplies to aid first responders and people impacted by the wildfires that have devastated Gatlinburg and many other areas of Sevier County. Below is a list of some ...