Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries will hold its 16th annual Winter Coat Day on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 from 9 a.m. to noon at Treasures From the Heart thrift store located at 230 Court Avenue in downtown Sevierville. Free coats and jackets will be given to anybody who needs one. Last year hundreds of people came by to make a ...

Sheriff Ron Seals is continuing the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office youth initiative program this holiday season by reaching out to local high school art students. Sheriff Seals invited students from Sevier County High School, who spent the afternoon painting holiday scenes on the windows of the Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Center located on Middle Creek Road in Sevierville. Students were ...

Great Smoky Mountains Association’s newest musical release “Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition” earned a Grammy nomination this week for Best Album Notes as written by Ted Olson, professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. “Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition” is Great Smoky Mountains Association’s fourth album of ...

The folks at KaTom Restaurant Supply have a lot to be thankful for this season, having recently added a ninth straight year on Inc. magazine’s list of the country’s fastest growing companies to the year’s accolades. The list is based on growth percentage over three years, with KaTom recording revenue expansion of 73 percent during that time period. The company’s ...

The singers and musicians of Gatlinburg First United Methodist Church will present their Eleventh Annual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 at 7 p.m. While the event is free and open to everyone, there will be an offering taken up for those who wish to contribute to the Bread of Life Food Ministry, which is a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower has been reopened to the public. The rehabilitation work has been suspended for the winter and is expected to resume this Spring. The remaining work is expected to take approximately two weeks and will necessitate another short-term closure to complete. Visitors can enjoy views from the tower ...

The City of Gatlinburg and Sevier County will hold a memorial ceremony in observance of the one year anniversary of the Wildfires. The ceremony will honor those who lost their lives, recognize first responders and give thanks for the progress made on the community’s recovery in the year following the disaster. The ceremony will also include an announcement about a ...

It may be the busiest time of the year for Santa, but that isn’t stopping him from spending some time in his favorite place, Gatlinburg! The Gatlinburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce and Anakeesta have teamed up to bring the real Santa (of Santa’s Claus-et) to Downtown Gatlinburg this holiday season. The Anakeesta Parkway Plaza will ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites visitors to join a park ranger for a guided hike on Friday, November 24 or a service opportunity on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Hikes will be offered near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Elkmont Campground, providing an outstanding opportunity for people of all ages to #OptOutside and enjoy the park. Rangers and park volunteers ...

Prior to the one-year anniversary of the historic wildfires that struck Great Smoky Mountains National Park and this East Tennessee community, the city of Pigeon Forge reunited, for the first time, first responders from 39 of the 64 fire stations who came to the city’s aid on Nov. 28, 2016. City officials invited more than 300 first responders to a ...