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Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for the firefly viewing event in Elkmont. The ticketed event will take place from Tuesday, May 31 through Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Parking passes will be distributed this year via a lottery system administered through www.recreation.gov. Since 2006, access to the Elkmont area has been limited to shuttle service during ...

The City of Sevierville has announced a new permitting process and website. The website will allow users to submit and track permits online rather than traveling to a designated permit office. Frequent customers are encouraged to setup their accounts now by visiting www.mygovernmentonline.org and selecting “Permits and Licensing.” Contractors and residents will have the ability to: Apply and pay online ...

A job fair will be held in Sevierville for people interested in working at Ripley’s Attractions in Tennessee. Ripley’s is looking for energetic people who enjoy working with the public in a fun, fast paced environment to fill positions at their eight attractions in Sevier County: Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium Ripley’s 5D Moving ...

Jack Hatfield, author of the Hatfield clan cookbook “Eat’n with the Hatfields,” will hold a book signing event in Pigeon Forge. Have you ever wanted to eat with the Hatfields of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud? Now is your chance. Jack Hatfield will be visiting Pigeon Forge on Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27, 2016 from 4 to 8:30 p.m. ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the temporary closure of the Abrams Creek entrance road due to damage caused by an uprooted tree. Approximately 20 linear feet of the Abrams Creek entrance road is partially washed out to a depth of over 3 feet. Park maintenance crews plan to repair the roadway by Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Trails remain ...

Women are invited to participate in a free Rape Aggression Defense Class instructed by Sevierville police officers. The purpose of the Rape Aggression Defense Class, also known as the R.A.D. Class, is for women to develop and enhance self-defense options, so that they may become viable considerations to a woman if she is attacked. The program is a woman only ...

Hiring for positions at Dolly Parton’s Lumberjack Adventure Dinner & Show, Pigeon Forge’s newest dinner attraction, continues with a job fair at the facility on Monday, May 2, 2016 from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. There are a number of great openings for cast member positions, including servers, bartenders, pre-show waiters and waitresses, kitchen staff, box office attendants, auditors and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with special activities at Sugarlands Visitor Center, Cades Cove Visitor Center and Oconaluftee Visitor Center. The park is also hosting two InstaMeet opportunities with photographers who will share tips on creating unique social media posts using camera phones at ...

In honor of the National Park Service Centennial, the baggage claim area at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville has been transformed into an immersive visit to nine National Park Service units including Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Obed Wild and Scenic River, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Stones River National ...

Fire officials say a home in the Glades area was completely destroyed by a wildfire on Thursday. The Gatlinburg Fire Department was investigating reports of smoke in the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community at about 1:45 p.m. on April 21, 2016 when personnel discovered a 4-acre wildfire that had spread to a residence at 970 Glades Road. Dark smoke ...