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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 ...

A flurry of activity has begun at the Anakeesta Village development on the Parkway in Gatlinburg as the site is prepared for construction. During the month of March, Layman Construction Company and House Movers carefully prepared the historic Ogle Cabin for relocation to the City of Gatlinburg Welcome Center on the Parkway. The evening of Wednesday, April 20, 2016, after ...

An 8,600 square foot structure associated with the former Wonderland Hotel in the Elkmont area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park burned to the ground on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The fire was reported by a park visitor at approximately 7:15 a.m. The park fire management crew and Gatlinburg Fire Department responded to the area. The Wonderland Hotel Annex was ...

Authorities say a Bluff Mountain fire is 100% contained, but certain roads are closed and people remain evacuated from the area. A structure fire started at a home on Memory Way in Sevierville just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2016 and spread, burning six other homes and 150 acres of Bluff Mountain before firefighters could bring it under ...

A two-vehicle accident Thursday morning in Seymour has left one man dead and another injured. A fatal head on collision occurred between two vehicles on Maryville Highway in Seymour just after 8:30 a.m. on April 14, 2016, closing the two-lane road for hours. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 20-year-old Joseph J. Earnest of Seymour was driving a white four ...

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains Association has released a list of the 100 most influential individuals in Great Smoky Mountains National Park history, including many who have had a direct impact on Friends of the Smokies. The list was published in a special issue of Great Smoky Mountains Association’s award-winning Smokies Life Magazine, ...

Police say a man committed suicide Monday by jumping from the Space Needle in Gatlinburg. At about 5:40 p.m. on April 11, 2016, police received a call that someone had fallen from the Arcadia Space Needle. Officers responded to the scene at 115 Motor Nature Trail where they found a deceased white male in his late fifties on the sidewalk. ...

Police say a man and a woman were found dead in a hot tub at their Gatlinburg rental cabin on Saturday. According to Gatlinburg Police Chief Randall Brackins, officers responded to 820 Resort Way, a rental cabin in the Gatlinburg Falls Resort, just before 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2016 where they found a man and woman deceased in ...

An undercover sting has resulted in prostitution charges for two women performing massage services from their homes who offered sex for money to undercover police. As part of an investigation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, an undercover agent made an appointment on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 for a massage with 37-year-old Talia Smith at her home, located on ...

Local officials and education administrators met on Tuesday to announce a new partnership to increase access to higher education opportunities in Sevier County. The Sevier County School System, Walters State Community College, East Tennessee State University and Tennessee College of Applied Technology have joined together in the Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Program to help citizens earn associate degrees ...