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Officials said Monday morning that firefighting crews have the 200-acre English Mountain fire 70% contained. Crews from the Tennessee Department of Forestry will light backfires again today in an effort to contain a fire located in the Breeden Brand Road and Wildwood Way area on English Mountain in Sevier County. The fire grew to 200 acres over the weekend since ...

In an effort to improve the driving abilities and overall safety of younger drivers, the Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a 12-hour Collision Avoidance Training (CAT) seminar. The training is for drivers aged 16-20 years old who have a valid driver’s license. Participants are required to provide their own vehicle and have current insurance. The seminar is taught by Sevierville ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower will be closed beginning Wednesday, August 23 through the remainder of the 2017 season to complete rehabilitation work thanks to funding received from a Partners in Preservation (PIP) grant. The $ 250,000 grant was awarded last summer to the Friends of the Smokies on behalf of the ...

Sevier County 4-H member Christy Newsom recently received the Tennessee Rural Health Nursing Scholarship valued at $1250 and the Eastern Region Family Community Education Club Scholarship valued at $300. The Rural Health Scholarship is renewable. Christy is a 2017 graduate of Pigeon Forge High School and will study nursing this fall at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Christy has been ...

Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation is hosting three different seminars to provide information to parents and students about the pathway to free college. If you have a child in middle school or high school and you reside in Sevier County, we invite you to attend one of the following three meetings to learn about free college and how ...

At a press conference Wednesday before media reps and their children as special guests, world-renowned entertainer Dolly Parton announced the release of I Believe In You, her first album written and recorded for kids and those young at heart. A digital release of the new album on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville will be available September 29, whereas the physical album will ...

The King’s Academy in Seymour invites the public to attend its free solar eclipse viewing event, featuring kid’s activities, music, special guests, and free eclipse glasses for the first 1,000 people to arrive. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) endorsed The King’s Academy campus as the only Official NASA Event Site in the East Tennessee area still open to ...

UPDATED Tuesday, August 22 – After eleven days missing, 18-year-old Austin Bohanan walked out of the remote backcountry area near Panther Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park at about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bohanan was last seen Friday, August 11 while hiking off-trail in a remote area of the park and was reported missing on Sunday, August 13. Search ...

Admission is just $10 for Tennessee residents to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies and other Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions during a special event this month. Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions announced today that residents of Tennessee may visit any of its eight Sevier County attractions for $10 per person, per attraction during the $10 for Tennessee special running August 7–31, 2017. Special discount ...

Pigeon Forge fire officials are asking residents to help reduce wildfire risk by participating in the Firewise Communities program. The City of Pigeon Forge Fire Department, wildfire safety experts from the National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise Communities Program and the Tennessee Division of Forestry are working together to assist Pigeon Forge residents and businesses in an effort to become nationally recognized as ...