Government

Sevier Solid Waste is planning to build a biomass gasification plant, its second major project this year in an effort to become a zero waste facility. Sevier Solid Waste has hired PHG Energy to build a new biomass gasification plant capable of cleanly converting more than 30 tons of composted material daily into thermal energy while producing a valuable high-carbon biochar. ...

The Transportation Coalition of Tennessee is holding a meeting today in Sevierville to educate Sevier County as to the need for a comprehensive reform that is a long-term, sustainable solution that will meet identified transportation needs in Sevier County and across the state. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015 at the Sevierville Civic ...

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is now giving students who left high school before graduating the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency diploma at no cost. “This is a real game changer for those who need this credential to get a job,” said Jason Beard, administrator of the Adult Education Division of the Tennessee Department of ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A North Carolina man has been sentenced to six months in jail for illegally harvesting a significant amount of American ginseng from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, marking his fifth conviction for ginseng poaching. Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced today that U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Howell ...

Certain Tennessee Army & Air National Guard personnel will soon be armed with handguns at state and federal facilities in an effort to increase security after the Chattanooga shootings in July. Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee’s Adjutant General, announced Thursday that the Military Department has taken steps to increase the security of its personnel and facilities to include allowing Tennessee Army ...

The City of Sevierville was recently awarded a significant Tennessee Department of Transportation Enhancement Grant to construct Phase Three of the East Sevierville Pedestrian Inter-Connector (ESPiN). The project is part of the City’s comprehensive alternative transportation and recreation trails network that includes the popular Memorial River Greenway along the banks of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River. The ...

Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) announced he would send staff to hold office hours in Sevierville from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department. Roe’s staff will be available to assist First Congressional District constituents on matters such as: Senior Citizens: Social Security and disability Students: financial aid, entrance to U.S. ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters has called a Special Session of the Sevier County Commission at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2015 in room 306w of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Ave. in historic downtown Sevierville, Tenn. A number of items are on the Sevier County Commission agenda, including: Consideration of a resolution determining the certified tax rate ...

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 ...

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 ...