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LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville has received designation as a NICHE Hospital. The NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) designation indicates a hospital’s commitment to elder care excellence. The NICHE designation signals LeConte Medical Center’s dedication to providing patient-centered care for older adult patients. Through LeConte’s participation in the NICHE program — a leading elder care nursing program — ...

The Sevier County Clerk’s office will now issue marriage licenses to all couples, both opposite-sex and same-sex couples who apply to marry. In Sevier County and across Tennessee, government offices are preparing to make marriage licenses available to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 26, 2015 that states cannot ban same-sex couples from marrying and must ...

Diamond Rio, the multi-award-winning country music band that marked 25 years together last year, is helping Pigeon Forge’s Patriot Festival on July 4, 2015 mark its 25th anniversary of celebrating Independence Day. Diamond Rio – a member act of the Grand Ole Opry that has sold 10 million albums and won multiple Country Music Association Awards, a Grammy Award and a ...

Fans of the “Maple” series of children’s books are in for a treat, as author Lori Nichols will be holding three book signings at Dollywood on Friday. Dollywood and the Imagination Library welcome children’s author Lori Nichols for book signings at 11:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015 following shows at the Little Engine Playhouse ...

More than 1,000 animals featured in the new “Swarm” exhibit will captivate visitors to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. Animals that swarm are the stars of the 2015 Swarm exhibit, which opened Tuesday at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. The exhibit has 20 fun interactives to experience, along with habitats of live Halloween Crabs, Herding Catfish, Flashlight Fish, ...

Where do trained pigs, parrots, housecats, dogs, and a mini-donkey all perform together? The answer is at The Comedy Barn Theater® in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., where The “Comedy Critters Pet Show” has returned for a second summer season of furry fun. The show just opened in the matinee slot at 2 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and will ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the temporary closure of the Cosby entrance road due to flood damage. On June 22, 2015 at approximately 4 p.m., flash flooding along Rock Creek spilled over the banks damaging road shoulders along 1,500 linear feet of the Cosby entrance road. Underground electric and phone lines were exposed along most of the road ...

Ticks “tick off” just about everyone. They are known carriers of disease, most notably in Tennessee, Ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but many are becoming increasingly concerned about Lyme disease as well. Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have practical advice for reducing your risk — and the risk to your children and pets — of ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials received DNA results from the bear attack occurring at backcountry campsite 84 where a 16-year old male from Ohio was seriously injured by a bear on June 6, 2015. Immediately following the report of the attack, rangers and wildlife biologists implemented an action plan that included clearing the Hazel Creek backcountry area of hikers ...

Mike Werner, mayor of Gatlinburg, was elected to the board of directors of the Tennessee Municipal League during the League’s annual conference recently held in Nashville. Curtis Hayes, mayor of Livingston was elected President. A five-member nominating committee composed of municipal officials statewide nominated Werner as a director at large. He was then elected for a one-year term by a ...