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The Gatlinburg Recreation Department celebrates the start of Free Fishing Week by hosting its annual Children’s Trout Rodeo on the morning of Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Herbert Holt Park. The 23rd annual tournament is free to all anglers age 16 and under. The Children’s Trout Rodeo is co-sponsored by the Gatlinburg Sportsman’s Club, Gatlinburg Elks Lodge #1925, Wal-Mart, and ...

Sevier County 4-H Wildlife Judging Team Members recently brought home honors in the Eastern Regional 4-H Wildlife Judging Team Competition held at The University of Tennessee Holston Research Farm in Knoxville. Sevier County teams placed second, fifth and sixth in the Junior High Division and had several individuals earning individual placing awards. Overall, eleven Sevier County 4-H members participated in ...

A group of Vietnam veterans staging its annual reunion in Pigeon Forge is doing more than reminiscing about service overseas – they are remembering all veterans and doing a good deed for Pigeon Forge’s parks in the process. The Tan Son Nhut Association, whose members are mainly Air Force veterans who served at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, will dedicate ...

A wide variety of job opportunities are available at local Dollywood Company properties, including Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort set to open in this summer, and job seekers may apply online or in person on “Job Fair Fridays” throughout June 2015. Dollywood kicks off a month-long schedule of job fairs for positions at Dollywood Theme Park, Dollywood’s Splash Country, Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort ...

Registration has begun for the Pigeon Forge Summer Camp program. The City of Pigeon Forge Department of Parks and Recreation will offer weekly summer camp for kids 5-12 years old beginning June 8, 2015 and running through August 7, 2015. Summer camp will be held Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Each day will be full of ...

Join Relay For Life of Sevier County on Saturday to celebrate cancer survivors, honor those fighting cancer, remember those lost, and fight back by fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Relay For Life of Sevier County‘s 16th annual event will be held May 30, 2015 at Patriot Park in Pigeon Forge. Admission to the event is free. Begin the day ...

Six Sevier County 4-H members will receive intensive training in their project areas at the University of Tennessee. William Barbee, Olivia Browning, Holly Glynn, Nate Sams and Colin Tillman from the Homeschool 4-H club along with David Hall from Jones Cove are delegates to the State Junior High 4-H Academic Conference in Knoxville, June 9-12, 2015. They will be among ...

Pigeon Forge will be in the spotlight on Monday, June 1, 2015 when WBIR-TV’s “Live at Five at Four” program originates from the patio outside the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge. It is one of six special “Hometown Spotlight” broadcasts from across the region. The series started this month in Crossville and continues through November. Pigeon Forge residents are invited ...

Children will find plenty to do at the Rafting & Rhythm Festival to take place Saturday, June 6, 2015 at USA Raft’s headquarters in Hartford, Tenn. The festival is a fundraiser for Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic in Sevierville, which provides medical and dental care for Sevier County residents and employees who have no health insurance. “It’s fitting that children ...

Buyers and lessees of qualifying electric vehicles will be eligible to receive a rebate from the state of Tennessee in a rebate program beginning June 2015 and running until the funding runs out. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs today announced it will offer a two-tiered rebate on qualifying electric vehicles that are purchased or ...