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Sevier Schools to Distribute Learning Packets, Provide Free Breakfast and Lunch

Sevier Schools to Distribute Learning Packets, Provide Free Breakfast and Lunch

Sevier County schools are currently closed and that closure has been extended through March 31. Students will return to school on April 1, 2020. On Wednesday, March 18, school personnel will distribute at home learning packets for students in grades K-4 from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at your child’s school. At home learning packets have been downloaded onto Chromebooks ...

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Sevier County Court Schedule Changes Due to Coronavirus

Sevier County Court Schedule Affected by Coronavirus

Sevier County officials issued the following notice that certain court proceedings are impacted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s order to suspend most in-person court judicial proceedings through March 31, 2020, https://www.tncourts.gov/, Sevier County court will have the following schedule: Non-jail defendants scheduled to appear in Sevier County Circuit Court the week of Monday, March ...

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Sevier County Officials, Agencies, Healthcare Providers Prepare for Coronavirus

Sevier County Officials, Agencies, Healthcare Providers Prepare for Coronavirus

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 ...

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Sevier County Election Results March 3, 2020 Primaries and Nonpartisan School Board

Sevier County Election Results for March 3, 2020 Primaries and Nonpartisan School Board

Results of the State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election held March 3, 2020. All results are unofficial until certified by the Sevier County Election Commission. Sevier County Voter Turnout Total Votes % Early Vote Election Day Absentee PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 25) 25 100 REGISTERED VOTERS –  TOTAL BALLOTS CAST ...

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Sevier County Early Voting Open, View Sample Ballot

Sevier County Early Voting Open, View Sample Ballot

Sevier County Early Voting has begun for the March 3, 2020 Election. The State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election will be held March 3, 2020. Early voting opened Wednesday at the Voting Machine Warehouse in Sevierville and opens Friday at the Seymour Masonic Lodge #334 in Seymour. Registered voters ...

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Voter Registration to Participate in Upcoming Sevier County Election Ends Soon

Voter Registration to Participate in Upcoming Sevier County Election Ends Soon

Sevier County residents who wish to vote in the next Sevier County Election must register to vote online, in person or by mail before the deadline. The State of Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries, Sevier County Democrat & Republican Primaries, and Nonpartisan School Board Election will be held March 3, 2020. Voter registration closes 30 days prior to the scheduled election, ...

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Wildlife Officials to Give Chronic Wasting Disease Update at Gatlinburg Meeting

Wildlife Officials to Give Chronic Wasting Disease Update at Gatlinburg Meeting

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 ...

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Dry Conditions, Wildfire Risk Prompt Sevier County Burn Bans

Dry Conditions Prompt Sevier County Burn Bans

Burn bans are in effect for much of Sevier County to reduce risk of wildfires due to hazardous dry conditions. Lack of rainfall and low humidity prompted burn bans within the city limits of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville this week. Sevier County Emergency Management officials cannot issue a burn ban countywide without a proclamation by state officials, but asked ...

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Men Guilty of Bear Baiting in Cherokee National Forest Lose Hunting Privileges

Men Guilty of Bear Baiting in Cherokee National Forest Lose Hunting Privileges

Five men have been fined and banned from hunting or entering any national forest as a result of a bear baiting investigation by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and USDA Forest Service. Monroe County Wildlife Officers and USDA Forest Service Officers from the Cherokee National Forest have closed a bear baiting case. The Forest Service and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ...

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Help your favorite first responders win the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

Help your favorite first responders win the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

Local law enforcement, fire and emergency services agencies in Sevier County, with the help of residents, will compete in a blood drive to save lives through blood donations. There is an especially critical need for type O+ blood. The City of Sevierville Police Department, in partnership with MEDIC Regional Blood Center and our area first responder agencies, has organized a ...

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