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Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced Wednesday that the department has received a $5,824,000 grant from the United States Department of Labor to assist in recovery efforts following the wildfire in Sevier County last November. The U.S. Department of Labor approved a National Dislocated Worker Grant, with $2 million released initially, to create disaster relief ...

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency is expanding the Appalachian Renovation Loan Program to Sevier County to help homeowners affected by deadly wildfires with home repairs. Eligible homeowners will be able to apply for a grant or loan up to $25,000 to help cover the cost of home repairs. “After seeing the devastation caused by the fires in Sevier County, THDA ...

Tennessee residents can visit any of the 8 Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions Wednesday, Jan. 18 thru Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 at a special discount with 20% of the proceeds going to local animal shelters. Special Admission to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies is only $10 and $5 for the other 7 Ripley’s / Guinness Tennessee attractions. “The money raised will assist ...

Smoky Mountain Tunes & Tales is looking for storytellers, artisans, vocalists, dancers and musicians with self-contained acts ready to perform to millions of visitors along the streets of Gatlinburg. The popular seven-week event is assembling the 2017 cast and looking for talented acts presented in an Appalachian style. Tunes & Tales is a summer-long street performance festival starting June 9 ...

Disaster unemployment assistance benefits are available for workers in Sevier County who are unemployed as a direct result of the wildfires on Nov. 28, 2016, but applicants must file before the deadline on Monday. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development administers the disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) program on behalf of the federal government. The agency will process all DUA ...

All Chipotle Mexican Grill locations in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, and Sevierville will host a fundraiser for wildfire relief efforts benefiting Friends of the Smokies on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Proceeds from the fundraiser will help meet the greatest needs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, beginning first with emergency relief efforts from the recent ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over eleven million visitors in 2016. Throughout the year, the park encouraged people to experience the park in honor of the National Park Service Centennial. In 2016, a record 11,312,785 people visited the national park, a 5.6% increase over 2015. In addition, over 2,200 people joined Superintendent Cassius Cash by completing the Smokies Centennial ...

The American Red Cross of East Tennessee received a large donation from Kroger and its customers to assist with local wildfire disaster relief efforts. Kroger Fountain City in Knoxville hosted a check presentation to the American Red Cross of East Tennessee on Jan. 4, 2017. Kroger ran an in-store campaign for wildfire disaster relief from Nov. 29–Dec. 17, 2016, collecting ...

The celebration of New Year’s Eve in Gatlinburg will carry on as usual this year to ring in 2017. After receiving notification that the burn ban was being lifted in the area, Gatlinburg officials announced the traditional fireworks display and ball drop would take place as usual from the top of the Space Needle. The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop ...

Checks from the Gatlinburg Relief Fund will soon go out to employees of businesses destroyed, and estates of the people whose lives were lost, due to the wildfires in November. The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today that it will begin distribution of Gatlinburg Relief Fund checks during the first week of January 2017. About $1.4 million has reportedly ...