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LeConte Medical Center has been included on the 2016 list of 100 Great Community Hospitals in the U.S. compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The Becker’s editorial team selected community hospitals around the country based on rankings and awards from a variety of healthcare organizations, including iVantage Health Analytics, Truven Health Analytics, Healthgrades, CareChex, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the ...

Sevier County was well represented at the 69th annual Tennessee 4-H Congress held earlier this spring. 4-H Congress gives 4-H’ers the opportunity to learn about the day-to-day functioning of state government by assuming the roles of state representatives and senators. Since its beginning in 1948, 4-H Congress has given some 37,000 4-H’ers and volunteer leaders firsthand experience in state government. ...

Five spirits produced by Old Forge Distillery, including a chocolate moonshine, won awards recently at the world’s largest consumer tasting competition. Old Forge Distillery’s 1830 Original Chocolate Moonshine, a 60-proof chocolate-flavored moonshine inspired by homemade desserts made at the Old Mill Candy Kitchen and Pottery House Café, and its Old Forge Reserve Bourbon, an eight-year-old whiskey aged in charred white ...

What started as a domestic dispute call turned into a standoff between an armed man and SWAT teams in Sevierville on Sunday. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a residence at 121 Crescent Drive at 8:57 p.m. on June 19, 2016 after receiving a report of a domestic dispute. Officers interviewed a woman outside the home who ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announces that repair work to the boardwalk on the Memorial River Greenway is almost complete. Weather and other conditions permitting, all work should be finished by July 1, 2016. City employees built the boardwalk in 1994 with a $75,000 dollar TDOT Enhancement Grant. Over the past two decades the Boardwalk has ...

The Tennessee Municipal League has honored the City of Gatlinburg with an award for its commitment to green initiatives. A gateway to Tennessee’s only national park, the officials with the City of Gatlinburg have made it their mission to preserve the natural beauty of their surroundings for future generations as well as implementing new and innovative environmentally friendly technology into ...

Seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia who live at Dominion Senior Living in Sevierville find pride and purpose in an art program. When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia, a family member’s first instinct might be to take away or limit the activities and hobbies their loved one once enjoyed. At Dominion Senior Living of Sevierville, seniors and those with ...

The season of summer fun has arrived in Gatlinburg and it comes with no shortage of activities for the whole family. This summer, visitors will have the chance to spend their evenings enjoying live entertainment, attending award-winning Independence Day festivities and getting a firsthand look at unique items hand-crafted in Gatlinburg for generations. Gatlinburg’s award-winning Fourth of July Midnight Parade ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Women’s Work Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum on Saturday, June 18, 2016. This festival honors the vast contributions made by the women of Southern Appalachian and showcases lifeways that women used to keep their families going in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The event is from 10 a.m. ...

With amazing new entertainment, extended park hours and a nightly fireworks show, Dollywood is the perfect place for families to celebrate the fun and excitement of summer. From June 11 – Aug. 7, 2016, Dollywood’s park hours are 10 a.m.–10 p.m. daily, allowing guests more time to create memories and share experiences together. In addition to extended hours during this ...