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The Jerry Huskey Memorial 5K will be held this month to honor Officer Jerry Dean Huskey of the Gatlinburg Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on June 14, 1975. Gatlinburg Community Police Programs is hosting the race event. Funds raised will benefit the newly established Jerry Dean Huskey Memorial Scholarship Program, which will offer a $500 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great Smoky Mountain National Park announced Tuesday that it had temporarily closed Clingmans Dome Road in the park to facilitate cleanup of a rockslide. At 8:21 a.m. on May 26, 2015, park officials received information that a rockslide had occurred on Clingmans Dome Road. Rangers closed the road soon after assessing the situation and the facility management road crew began ...

  Join us at the Gatlinburg Farmers Market for our first Kids Day of the 2015 season on May 23. Kids will able to participate in a free activity offered at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Families can also have fun finding items on a market-wide scavenger hunt. May 23 is also the first day that the Gatlinburg ...

Park officials have reopened the Mt. Le Conte Backcountry Shelter and Cliff Tops trails after capturing and euthanizing an aggressive bear. Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced Thursday, May 21, 2015 that it had reopened park areas closed earlier in the week due to bear activity, but stated that bear warnings remain in place for the Mt. Le Conte Backcountry ...

A Memorial Day event in downtown Sevierville will honor those who died while serving in the U.S. military. The Sevier County Memorial Day event will be held 11 a.m. on May 25, 2015 at the Sevier County Courthouse. Tom Munson, chaplain with the Disabled American Veterans, Smoky Mountain Chapter 94, will be the guest speaker. He is a Vietnam Veteran ...

Members of Tennessee’s Marine Corps League will visit Pigeon Forge for their annual convention in June. The 34th annual Department of Tennessee State Convention for the Marine Corps League will be held June 18-21, 2015 at the MainStay Suites, 410 Pine Mountain Rd. in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The Marine Corps League is a Congressionally recognized organization (501c4) that uses fundraising ...