Tag Archives: Sevier County

Dollywood is offering a special discounted resident season pass and $5 from each pass sold will benefit Sevier County Food Ministries. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Dollywood officials were unable to host the annual summer Sevier County Days promotion, an event that provides a reduced admission price for those who live or work in Sevier County and a much-needed donation ...

State legislators approved two Sales Tax Holiday weekends for 2020, one for clothing, computers and school supplies, and another weekend for restaurant sales. The Tennessee General Assembly has approved two sales tax holiday weekends to help Tennesseans save money and support the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The first tax-free holiday weekend focuses on clothing and other back-to-school items. It ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters signed an executive order Tuesday mandating that residents, employees and visitors wear a face covering in public. At a press conference in downtown Sevierville, next to the famous Dolly Parton statue adorned with her own mask, local officials joined Mayor Waters as he announced he was issuing a countywide order requiring the use of face ...

May county unemployment rates substantially decreased in Sevier County and across Tennessee as the state reopened, but Sevier unemployment remains the highest in the state at 18.5%. Record-high unemployment rates recorded in counties across Tennessee in April experienced sizable decreases as the state slowly reopened in May 2020, according to preliminary data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person or persons who shot and attempted to behead a farmer’s bison over the weekend. On Monday morning, Sevier deputies responded to a call from Edward Ingle on Dinkins Road in Seymour reporting that someone shot one of his bison and tried to cut it’s head off. Ingle told deputies that ...

According to health officials, a second Sevier County resident with COVID-19 has died. The Tennessee Department of Health reports that out of 2,098 COVID-19 tests performed for Sevier County residents, 58 tests were positive and 2040 were negative. There are two more cases listed as “probable.” Of the 60 cases among Sevier County residents, 39 recovered and two died. There ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says COVID-19 testing numbers across the state this weekend exceeded projections. Sevier County had the greatest turn out of any testing site statewide. Lee announced today that more than 11,000 Tennesseans received free COVID-19 tests through the weekend efforts of Unified-Command Group to offer tests regardless of traditional symptoms. 910 tests were administered at the Smokies ...

Health officials say one Sevier County resident has died as a result of COVID-19 infection. Free COVID-19 testing is available this weekend. The Department of Health reports that out of 629 COVID-19 tests of Sevier County residents, 24 people tested positive. Of those positive tests, 22 people recovered from the infection and one person remains in quarantine. There is now ...

According to data released today by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, the agency received 112,438 new unemployment claims in the past week. The Northern Middle Tennessee region had the highest number of claims with 47,325 and the East Tennessee region was second with 25,040. The number of new unemployment claims increased substantially each week since the COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 testing will be offered in Sevier County beginning Friday with a drive-thru testing center in Sevierville. Drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available at the Sevier County Health Department, located at 719 Middle Creek Road in Sevierville, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11. Priority will be given to those who have symptoms of the ...