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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 ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in partnership with Americorps and FireWise, will host a Community Wildfire Preparedness meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 6 p.m. at the Oconaluftee Administrative Building adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, N.C. Park Fire Information Officer Katie Corrigan will discuss wildland fire management practices and present an overview of recent wildfires in ...

Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are warning the public about a recent dramatic increase in the prevalence of counterfeit prescription drugs in Tennessee. In recent days, Agents in the middle Tennessee area have seen a spike in adulterated Percocet pills being sold on the street and are warning users that these counterfeit ...

According to state officials, no problems were found during an inspection of the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster after an incident over the July 4th weekend in which a woman was ejected from a coaster car. A woman riding as the front passenger of a double ride car at the Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster, 306 Parkway in Gatlinburg, was thrown from the car ...

According to autopsy reports, the cause of death for a man and woman who died in a hot tub at a Gatlinburg rental cabin is drowning. The medical examiner has ruled 63-year-old Jon Levin of Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Myra Smith-Findell, 62, of Corbin, Ky., drowned and that alcohol consumption and health conditions were contributing factors to their death. Levin ...

A Partners in Preservation Grant will fund much needed restoration on the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Friends of the Smokies today announced it will receive a $250,000 grant provided by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Great Smoky Mountains National Park qualified for the grant as one of the top nine most ...

Staff and patients at a physician’s office in Sevierville were startled on Friday when a firearm discharged inside the building. Sevierville police responded to a call from Summit Medical Group, 1124 Fox Meadows Blvd., on July 1, 2016 to investigate a report that a patient’s firearm accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through the wall and into the lobby where several ...

(WASHINGTON) – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the 2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary – Updated (NHTA) on Monday. The report outlines the expanding public health crisis afflicting America due to the use and abuse of heroin and other opioid drugs. Some key facts: The number of people reporting current heroin use nearly tripled between 2007 (161,000) and 2014 ...

The first three months of youth baseball tournaments at the Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge have been everything the city expected – and perhaps more. “Baseball lives on statistics, and the numbers coming out of the Ripken Experience are awesome. Visitor spending of $6.7 million in Pigeon Forge is simply wonderful,” said Eric Brackins, Pigeon Forge assistant city manager, who worked ...