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The Tennessee purple coneflower is a remarkable plant and should be held in high regard as a true Tennessee treasure. It was first discovered by botanists in 1878 within the cedar glades of the Central Basin of Tennessee, and remarkably, it is found nowhere else on earth. Its rarity is due in part to the unique conditions from which it ...

A Georgia woman was struck and killed Friday by an oncoming vehicle after getting out of her car to view a snake on the Foothills Parkway West. According to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 64-year-old Shirley Jean Alexander Clifton, of Woodstock, Ga., was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle after she exited the vehicle in which she had been ...

The Sevierville Commons Association has teamed up with the Smoky Mountain Homebrewers for the 1st Annual Bruce Street Brewfest. The event will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Sevierville and will feature craft beers from around the region. This year’s Brewfest is expected to include over 30 local home and professional ...

ALDI, one of America’s favorite grocery stores, will soon offer Sevierville residents a fresh shopping experience as it opens its newest Knoxville-area store, located at 538 Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Sevierville. With more than 1,500 stores in 34 states, ALDI is known for high-quality grocery items at incredibly low prices. To celebrate the opening of the new Sevierville store, ALDI will ...

The City of Pigeon Forge has hired Lanny Goodwin as the new director of Parks and Recreation. Goodwin has worked 40 years in the field of parks and recreation, most recently as director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Murfreesboro. He began his career in 1975, became the Assistant Director in 1988 for the City of Murfreesboro and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, dignitaries, and special guests gathered at Park Headquarters on Thursday to celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. The celebration held August 25, 2016, known as Founders Day, honors the historic moment in 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the National Park Service. US Senator Lamar Alexander (TN), US ...

Friends of the Smokies raised $205,562 Wednesday at its 22nd annual Friends Across the Mountains Telethon thanks to hundreds of callers, online donations and support from sponsors Dollywood, Mast General Store, Pilot Flying J, Tennessee State Bank, and The Lodge at Buckberry Creek. Since 1995, Friends of the Smokies’ telethons have raised more than $3.5 million in support of America’s ...

For the second consecutive year Smoky Mountain Children’s Home is the recipient of a donation from the Widows Sons Motorcycle Riding Association, a group of caring individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of today’s youth. Mark “Macky” McIntyre, president of the Dragons Chapter of the Widows Sons Riding Association of Sevierville, along with the Hillbilly Chapter ...

The Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport is the perfect place for children’s book author Elyse Bruce to introduce the latest adventure of her character Missy Barrett. The history of aviation began on December 1903 and continues on Tuesday at a children’s book launch at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville. The latest book in the Missy Barrett Adventure series for young readers ...

The City of Pigeon Forge is honoring veterans on Saturday by hosting the annual Veterans Homecoming Parade. People will line the streets along the Veterans Homecoming Parade route on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 to offer a heartfelt salute to America’s military veterans, especially Vietnam veterans in commemoration of the war’s 50th anniversary. “The City of Pigeon Forge has a long ...