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Sevier County leaders, including elected officials and representatives from county emergency services, health departments and school system; cities of Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Pittman Center; healthcare providers and the National Park Service met Wednesday to discuss preparedness plans for potential cases of Coronavirus, Novel COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control, for most of the American public who ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Cades Cove reopens on Saturday following a two-month closure for tunnel repairs. Bryant’s Land and Development Industries Inc. of Burnsville, NC finished the $950,000 Bote Mountain Tunnel repair along Laurel Creek Road ahead of schedule, allowing the popular area to reopen February 29, 2020 in time for the first full weekend of ...

Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as a result of an undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotics Unit. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, a Sevier County Grand Jury returned 90 presentments when it convened earlier this month as a result of an ongoing undercover operation dubbed Safe Streets Belitz. Officers and agents from Sevier County ...

Motorists traveling between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on the Spur US-321 are being detoured around a mudslide. Large trucks and over-sized vehicles are advised to use other major roads such as TN-416. Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Federal Highways Administration staff assessed the mudslide, which occurred about 10:30 p.m. on February 10, 2020, on the Spur and began clearing ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, is offering free firewood to citizens of Sevier County who are disabled and/or 65 years of age and older. This program will be offered free of charge to eligible residents on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Tennessee Valley Authority has volunteers who have donated their time to cut, ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to fill Census jobs in Sevier County, including Census takers who will visit households that don’t respond to the Census and interview those residents to collect Census data. The agency plans to hire up to 500,000 temporary, part-time census takers for the 2020 Census in communities across the country to reach its goal of ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed a record 12,547,743 visitors in 2019, which is 1,126,540 more visitors than in 2018. The park’s three primary entrances near Gatlinburg, Townsend, and Cherokee all had increased use, accounting for about two-thirds of the total park visitation. Secondary park entrances experienced tremendous growth, due primarily to the new section of the Foothills Parkway between ...

On Monday, December 31, Gatlinburg will ring in the new year under the cover of the iconic Gatlinburg Space Needle for its 32nd Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show. Since 1987, this family-friendly celebration has been one of the largest organized New Year’s Eve events in the nation, and this year’s end-of-the-year celebration is set to be ...

Tennessee wildlife officials will gather in Gatlinburg this week for their final meeting of the year, which will include an update on chronic wasting disease affecting the state’s deer population. The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission, the governing body of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, will meet Dec. 12-13 at the Edgewater Hotel and Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The committee ...

Anakeesta invites residents and workers in Sevier and surrounding counties to visit the attraction for only $5, benefitting Friends of the Smokies. Residents and employees of Sevier, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, and Blount Counties are invited to visit Anakeesta for just $5 from November 11–17, 2019.  A portion of the proceeds from this week-long local appreciation days will be donated to ...