Tag Archives: Gatlinburg

Local governments and the Sevier County Economic Development Council are hosting the Sevier County Job Fair on Tuesday to help match job seekers and local businesses with open positions. The 20th annual Sevier County Job Fair will be held Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center located at 3230 Parkway in Pigeon Forge (Just past traffic light ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting an online “March Mapness” awareness campaign to share newly developed, digital products and maps with the public. Throughout the month, the park will use social media platforms to showcase how visitors can easily access free data and maps. New interactive maps include point locations for scenic overlooks, historic buildings, cemeteries, waterfalls, and wedding ...

Appalachia Service Project and the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church jointly announce a partnership to assist in the long-term recovery of low-income families devastated by the wildfires in Sevier County. This partnership will work in concert with the Mountain Tough Recovery Team and other agencies engaged in the recovery effort. On November 28, 2016, a fire that started ...

Workers unemployed either due to the wildfire or through no fault of their own may apply for jobs funded through a federal grant to aid in wildfire recovery. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) and Walters State Community College have started to distribute a $5.8 million National Dislocated Worker Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor that ...

Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the Sevier County Bar Association will offer a free legal clinic for wildfire survivors. Clinic hours are 1–5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in the Conference Center at Greystone Lodge on the River, 559 Parkway in Gatlinburg. The Conference Center is at the rear of the hotel complex. Free parking is available behind ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that work is underway in the Elkmont Historic District to preserve four structures and to remove 29 others as specified in the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) among the National Park Service, Tennessee State Historic Office, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. In 2017, park crews will preserve the Levi Trentham Cabin, Mayo ...

Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies unveiled its new Glass Bottom Boat Adventure earlier this month, which gives tourists a chance to venture into Shark Lagoon and explore the spectacular habitat of the many animals of the aquarium. The new specifically designed indoor 16-foot glass bottom boat features only 3 inches of glass that separate the visitor from the animals that ...

A new feature on Facebook aims to help connect businesses with job seekers in their area by allowing them to post jobs right on their social media account. Social media giant Facebook launched a jobs feature on Wednesday that allows admins of Facebook business pages in the United States and Canada to post jobs, and for Facebook users to search ...

For wildfire disaster survivors or workers who find themselves fatigued, short-tempered, suffering from depression, loss of appetite, hopelessness or sleeplessness, FEMA has paired with the State of Tennessee to offer free crisis counseling services until March 13, 2017. In the weeks after disaster strikes, the path to recovery can pose many uncertainties. Something as routine as waking up for work ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 800 acres of fields near Hyatt Lane and the western end of Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur Thursday, February 16 through Sunday, February 19, 2017. Over the last 20 years, park managers have conducted these burns during the spring and fall ...