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A local resident or visitor to the area who bought a Powerball ticket in Pigeon Forge for Saturday’s drawing has won a million dollars. According to Tennessee lottery officials, there were 59,251 winning tickets in Tennessee for the July 30, 2016 drawing of the multistate Powerball game, including one ticket sold at Zoomerz, 3643 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, that matched ...

The Sevierville Police Department is proud to announce they are offering a Citizens Police Academy this fall. It will provide an opportunity for adult residents to learn about basic police work and to get to know the officers protecting and serving our community. The Citizens Police Academy will meet on Thursday evenings from 6–9 p.m. from Sept. 15 through Nov. ...

Keep Sevier Beautiful and Rafting in the Smokies are teaming up on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 for a back-to-school river cleanup of the Little Pigeon River and its bank along Old Knoxville Highway in Sevierville near the Wilderness at the Smokies resort. The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude around noon with a celebration luncheon at Wilderness at ...

TripAdvisor and its users have once again recognized Gatlinburg as one of the top vacation spots in the United States. Gatlinburg ranked #8 on the list of 25 Most Popular Summer Vacation Rental Spots in the US based upon users’ vacation rental reviews. Gatlinburg received an average vacation rental review score of 4.4 out of 5, with one reviewer saying, ...

Several Tennessee Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion that is now part of Joint Base McGhee-Tyson in Knoxville, Tenn., were awarded the Sikorsky Rescue Award on July 10, for participating in three different lifesaving missions in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this year. The award was established to salute the men and women who endanger ...

UPDATE: She has been located and is safe. No other information is available. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a woman reported missing from the Kodak/Dandridge area. 42-year-old Lorie King Huskey was last seen 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Douglas Dam overlook. She is a white female, 5’6″ tall and weighing ...

Early Voting was off to a slow start on Friday with only a small number of Sevier County voters showing up to cast their ballot. The State of Tennessee Democratic & Republican Primaries & Sevier County General Election will be held Thursday, August 4, 2016. Early voting for the election opened on Friday and will continue through July 30, 2016. According to staff ...

State amusement ride regulators ordered the closure of The Coaster at Goats on the Roof in Pigeon Forge after learning of a serious accident that the ride owners failed to report. On July 11, 2016, the Amusement Device Unit of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Workplace Regulations and Compliance Division issued an order for The Coaster at ...

Safety inspections after a woman was thrown from a coaster car at the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster have been completed and the attraction may resume operation, say state regulators. The Workplace Regulations and Compliance Division of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development today granted permission for Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster, located at 306 Parkway, to resume operation and by this ...

Two Sevier County residents have been arrested for allegedly selling a large amount of marijuana and authorities say some was sold in a school zone. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a Sevier County Grand Jury earlier this month returned indictments for 47-year-old Randy Alan McClure, of Pigeon Forge, and 50-year-old Jeannie Sue Howard, of Sevierville, as a result ...