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Alleged Drug Dealers Arrested in Operation March Madness

Alleged Drug Dealers Arrested in Operation March Madness

Authorities began rounding up suspected drug dealers this morning in the culmination of a 9-month undercover drug investigation dubbed March Madness. A Sevier County Grand Jury indicted 79 people last week as a result of the March Madness undercover investigation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Officers from Sevier County Sheriff’s ...

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Former Gatlinburg Police Officer, Girlfriend Indicted on Drug Charges

Former Gatlinburg Police Officer among Two Indicted on Drug Charges

A former Gatlinburg police officer is facing misconduct and drug charges after investigators say he distributed drugs while on duty with the department and alerted other drug traffickers to law enforcement activities. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, its special agents partnered with the 4th Judicial District Drug Task Force, Gatlinburg Police Department and Sevier County Sheriff’s Office in ...

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Appalachia Service Project and Holston Conference UMC Partner for Sevier County Home Building Project

Appalachia Service Project and Holston Conference UMC partner for Sevier County Home Building Project

Appalachia Service Project and the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church jointly announce a partnership to assist in the long-term recovery of low-income families devastated by the wildfires in Sevier County. This partnership will work in concert with the Mountain Tough Recovery Team and other agencies engaged in the recovery effort. On November 28, 2016, a fire that started ...

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Labor Dept. and Walters State Hosting Hiring Events to Fill Wildfire Recovery Jobs

Labor Dept. and Walters State Hosting Hiring Events to Fill Wildfire Recovery Jobs

Workers unemployed either due to the wildfire or through no fault of their own may apply for jobs funded through a federal grant to aid in wildfire recovery. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) and Walters State Community College have started to distribute a $5.8 million National Dislocated Worker Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor that ...

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Trio Arrested after Allegedly Burglarizing Home, Shooting at Witness

Trio Arrested after Allegedly Burglarizing Home, Shooting at Witness

Authorities say they captured three suspects in a Sevier County home burglary on Saturday, also finding a cache of stolen items from other area burglaries. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says it received a 911 call on Feb. 25, 2017 reporting a burglary in progress at a residence on Wye Drive. A relative of the homeowner saw an unknown Ford ...

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Free Legal Clinic in Gatlinburg for Wildfire Survivors

Free Legal Clinic in Gatlinburg for Wildfire Survivors

Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the Sevier County Bar Association will offer a free legal clinic for wildfire survivors. Clinic hours are 1–5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in the Conference Center at Greystone Lodge on the River, 559 Parkway in Gatlinburg. The Conference Center is at the rear of the hotel complex. Free parking is available behind ...

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Little Tikes Recalls 540,000 Swings after Kids Injured

Little Tikes Recalls 540,000 Swings after Kids Injured

Popular Little Tikes toddler swings are being recalled after reports of children injured due to the product breaking. Ohio-based Little Tikes is recalling about 540,000 of its pink 2-in-1 Snug ‘n Secure Swings. The manufacturer has received 140 consumer complaints of the units breaking. In 39 of those reports, the product failure resulted in injuries to a child. While most ...

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Smokies Great American Eclipse Event to Be Part of NASA MegaCast

Smokies Great American Eclipse Event to Be Part of NASA Broadcast

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced event plans for the Great American Eclipse occurring on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The park is offering an opportunity to experience the total eclipse through a special, ticketed event at Clingmans Dome as well as informal eclipse viewing sites at Cades Cove and Oconaluftee. The park is partnering with NASA, Southwestern Community College, ...

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Park Begins Elkmont Historic District Work

Park Begins Elkmont Historic District Work

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that work is underway in the Elkmont Historic District to preserve four structures and to remove 29 others as specified in the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) among the National Park Service, Tennessee State Historic Office, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. In 2017, park crews will preserve the Levi Trentham Cabin, Mayo ...

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TWRA Finds Endangered Gray Bats During Cave Survey

TWRA Finds Endangered Gray Bats During Cave Survey

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency surveys managers recently explored a cave in East Tennessee that contains a large number of hibernating Gray Bats, a state and federally endangered species. Wildlife Surveys Managers Chris Ogle and Daniel Istvanko descended into a cave known as Rattlin’ Pit in Cocke County, which is owned by Newport Utilities. Joining them was a representative of the ...

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