As part of the Healthier Tennessee movement, Sevier County has a new website resource for residents interested in learning how they can improve their health by eating smarter and moving more. Starting on September 22, 2017 there is a new website in town. It’s www.healthiersevier.org. This website has been designed for Sevier County to view upcoming “healthy events.” It will ...

Sevier County 4-H member Christy Newsom recently received the Tennessee Rural Health Nursing Scholarship valued at $1250 and the Eastern Region Family Community Education Club Scholarship valued at $300. The Rural Health Scholarship is renewable. Christy is a 2017 graduate of Pigeon Forge High School and will study nursing this fall at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Christy has been ...

Sevier County 4-H member, Tessa Herndon took part in the 61st annual Harding University National Leadership Forum early this summer. The event drew nearly 200 high school students from nine states to the Harding University campus in Searcy, Ark. This leadership development program brings students together for a week of labs, lectures and open discussion sessions that strengthen leadership and ...

The University of Tennessee Extension Office in Sevier County and Sevier County Health Department will be offering Dining with Diabetes Classes Tuesday, August 8 and Thursday, August 10, 2017. The two classes will be held at the Sevier County Health Department beginning at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m. Dana Partington, Advanced Practice Nurse of Sevier County Health Department, ...

The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving season have long favored spring calving; however, researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have evaluated the risk and returns for a fall calving season, proving once again that timing is everything. Selecting an optimal calving season involves a complex set of factors ...

What is Tai Chi for Arthritis? It is not a food, nor a medication. It is a series of slow gentle, research and evidence based movements designed to improve overall health, especially arthritis. Tai Chi is practiced around the world. Here in Sevier County, you have the opportunity to learn Tai Chi 1 by attending 8 classes instructed by UT ...

The Sevier County Health Department & UT Extension are partnering to offer the free workshop series Cancer: Thriving and Surviving for cancer patients and survivors. Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Workshop Series is a free six-week session workshop designed to help individuals or families facing the challenges of cancer. Cancer can strike fear, confusion, and helplessness in individuals diagnosed with the ...

Safe, high quality home canned foods begin with updated information, and the right equipment used properly. Why risk losing your time and food dollars through food spoilage caused by improper canning practices? UT Extension is offering a research based, updated Canning Class series on Tuesdays, June 13 and 20 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sevier County Extension Office. ...

Voting began today for the Tennessee Piggy Bank Pageant and the public may vote for their favorites in an online poll. How do plastic bottles, bits of string, paint, glue and ribbon help Sevier County Youth learn about money? These are materials that local students use annually to craft handmade piggy banks for entering in UT Extension’s annual Piggy Bank ...

Winners for the Sevier County 4-H Essay Contest for 2017 have been named in five award categories, out of more than 2,900 essays entered. This year, students wrote informative essays on the theme of Litter Reduction and Recycling. Keep Sevier Beautiful sponsors the contest annually and provides ribbons for all participants, along with cash awards as listed below. Overall, Sevier ...