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Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian (EBCI) leadership met to discuss the recently modified regulation governing the gathering of plants in national parks. The rule, which went into effect on August 11, 2016, now allows members of federally recognized Indian tribes to request to enter into agreement with the National Park Service to ...

An inmate from the Sevier County Jail who fled a work detail Tuesday morning spent an hour on the loose before officers recaptured him. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, 43-year-old Ronnie L. Helton was mowing on a work detail Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 along Dolly Parton Parkway in Sevierville when at 9:06 a.m. he jumped off a mower ...

A Georgia woman was struck and killed Friday by an oncoming vehicle after getting out of her car to view a snake on the Foothills Parkway West. According to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 64-year-old Shirley Jean Alexander Clifton, of Woodstock, Ga., was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle after she exited the vehicle in which she had been ...

ALDI, one of America’s favorite grocery stores, will soon offer Sevierville residents a fresh shopping experience as it opens its newest Knoxville-area store, located at 538 Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Sevierville. With more than 1,500 stores in 34 states, ALDI is known for high-quality grocery items at incredibly low prices. To celebrate the opening of the new Sevierville store, ALDI will ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, dignitaries, and special guests gathered at Park Headquarters on Thursday to celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. The celebration held August 25, 2016, known as Founders Day, honors the historic moment in 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the National Park Service. US Senator Lamar Alexander (TN), US ...

Friends of the Smokies raised $205,562 Wednesday at its 22nd annual Friends Across the Mountains Telethon thanks to hundreds of callers, online donations and support from sponsors Dollywood, Mast General Store, Pilot Flying J, Tennessee State Bank, and The Lodge at Buckberry Creek. Since 1995, Friends of the Smokies’ telethons have raised more than $3.5 million in support of America’s ...

For the second consecutive year Smoky Mountain Children’s Home is the recipient of a donation from the Widows Sons Motorcycle Riding Association, a group of caring individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of today’s youth. Mark “Macky” McIntyre, president of the Dragons Chapter of the Widows Sons Riding Association of Sevierville, along with the Hillbilly Chapter ...

An early morning home invasion in Sevier County on Tuesday has resulted in the arrest of one man after the homeowner confronted and detained the armed suspect. 23-year-old Darrick C. Whaley, of Dandridge, is facing numerous charges after he allegedly broke into an occupied residence and threatened the homeowner with a handgun. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 ...

The Sevier County Courthouse was evacuated today after someone called in a bomb threat. A 911 call transferred to Sevier County Sheriff’s Dispatch on Monday morning, Aug. 22, 2016, sent officers, including the Bomb Squad, along with Sevier County EMA, and the Office of Homeland Security into action. According to Perrin Anderson, communications coordinator for Sevier County, “The caller stated ...

Tourists from Ohio captured a black bear bandit on video as it rifled through belongings in the back of their vehicle at a Gatlinburg rental cabin. According to a video posted to YouTube on Aug. 16, 2016, a group of visitors had just arrived at their rental cabin in Gatlinburg and were unpacking their luggage from the back of the ...