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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 ...

Anna Porter Public Library in Gatlinburg is keeping busy this month with programs for people of all ages. Don’t miss the library’s display of spooky reads for the Halloween season. Pre-School Story Hour at 10:30 a.m. weekly on Tuesdays in October 2016. Older Adults Arts and Crafts Program will focus on Nature Craft 9:45 a.m.-12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, ...

The Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport is the perfect place for children’s book author Elyse Bruce to introduce the latest adventure of her character Missy Barrett. The history of aviation began on December 1903 and continues on Tuesday at a children’s book launch at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville. The latest book in the Missy Barrett Adventure series for young readers ...

Jack Hatfield, author of the Hatfield clan cookbook “Eat’n with the Hatfields,” will hold a book signing event in Pigeon Forge. Have you ever wanted to eat with the Hatfields of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud? Now is your chance. Jack Hatfield will be visiting Pigeon Forge on Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27, 2016 from 4 to 8:30 p.m. ...

Author Courtney Lix profiles the lives and accomplishments of Dolly Parton and other local women in her book “No Place for the Weary Kind: Women of the Smokies.” What does it mean to be a woman of the Smokies? While author Courtney Lix spent more than five years researching and writing her way to an answer, the Gatlinburg, Tenn. native ...

Fans of the “Maple” series of children’s books are in for a treat, as author Lori Nichols will be holding three book signings at Dollywood on Friday. Dollywood and the Imagination Library welcome children’s author Lori Nichols for book signings at 11:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015 following shows at the Little Engine Playhouse ...

A huge used book sale is planned for June 11- 13, 2015 at King Family Library in Sevierville. More than 30,000 books presently stored on the third floor of the King Family Library must be moved in the next few weeks to make way for library renovations. King Family Library Book Sale hours are: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. – ...

Chris Schultz of Sevierville, Tenn. is the newest author to join the ranks of publisher Patriot Media, Inc. of Niceville, Fla. His novel “Lincoln’s Treasure” is a mystery/thriller about a hunt for gold that spans a century and a half. The mystery begins in the Deep South during the American Civil War when General William T. Sherman and his Union ...

The volunteers at LeConte Medical Center are having a “Books Are Fun” gift and book sale this week. The Books Are Fun sale will be held 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 and 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 in the LeConte Medical Center classrooms. The sale is open to the public. Items ...

A comprehensive collection of historical morsels, unique facts and present day tidbits are molded into a unique perspective of the spiral-capped summit. “Clingmans Dome Revealed” [ISBN-13: 978-1494879556] captures the significance of the natural, historical and cultural gem that stands as the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bradley D. Saum offers insight into the wide array of events ...