Tag Archives: Gatlinburg

A full slate of Meet the Author events is being planned in Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Sugarlands Visitor Center in the coming weeks. During these sessions, the authors will discuss their work and how the national park impacts their creative endeavors. Friday, May 27, 2016, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., retired GSMNP wildlife ranger Kim Delozier will discuss his books “Bear ...

The Gatlinburg Police and Fire Departments are partnering with the Tennessee Dangerous Drugs Task Force to present a workshop on how to protect private and rental properties from becoming hazardous drug labs. Topics that will be covered include; how to identify a meth lab operation, the process for the breakdown and destruction of clandestine labs and the decontamination process. Trained ...

DNA results show a bear euthanized by Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff was not responsible for the bear attack near Spence Field Backcountry Shelter. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials received results of DNA analyses comparing samples from bears found near the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter area where a bear attack occurred on May 10, 2016 involving a 49-year ...

Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce officially welcomed a new show to the Iris Theater on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Magical Comedian Chris Collins and Master Mentalist Erik Dobell present Impossibilities – An Evening of Magic, Mindreading and Mayhem. The family-friendly show offers a night full of stunning magic, shattering mindreading and hilarious mayhem. With their more than 40 years of combined ...

Local law enforcement officers launched a round up early yesterday morning after a six-month undercover sting dubbed Operation Spring Fever resulted in 73 indictments by a Sevier County Grand Jury. The Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, a special task force made up of officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, and the police departments of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter after 49-year-old Bradley Veeder of Las Vegas was bitten by a bear while sleeping in his tent near the shelter. On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at approximately 11:16 p.m., the park was notified through Graham County 911 services that Veeder, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, was bitten by a ...

Park officials say a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck resulted in a fatality this afternoon. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers and Rural Metro Ambulance Service responded to a report of an accident on Little River Gorge Road about 1.5 miles west of the Sinks at 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The collision involved a ...

Dear Editor, Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation would like to say a very special thank you to everyone who participated in Gatlinburg’s Earth Week Celebration presented by Hilton Garden Inn. This year’s events were extremely successful thanks to the continued partnership with Keep Sevier Beautiful and the more than 30 sponsors and booths from around the state who helped make ...

Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre in Gatlinburg is kicking off its 40th hilarious season and Sevier County locals can enjoy the show during the entire month of May for just a donation to the One By One Spay and Neuter Program. The area’s oldest professional theatre opened in 1977 and since then has entertained and delighted its patrons with over 42 original ...

Young basketball enthusiasts will have the opportunity to learn tips, tricks and techniques from the most famous group of basketball players at the Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Camp at Rocky Top Sports World. Now in their 90th year, the Harlem Globetrotters are an indelible part of American sports and culture. Known for their incredible athleticism and outrageous antics, the Globetrotters have ...