Tag Archives: Gatlinburg

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help provide visitor information at Clingmans Dome. The information center sits at 6,300 feet in elevation providing a unique opportunity for park volunteers to assist in educating visitors about high-elevation spruce-fir forests, while also providing recreational, trip planning, and directional information. The information center, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, originally ...

Trail damage from recent storms has prompted the closure of Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced Wednesday. March 11, 2015 the temporary closure of Laurel Falls Trail due to storm damage after a park volunteer discovered earlier in the day that a portion ...

Local businesses are looking to fill hundreds of open positions at the annual Sevier County Job Fair. The 18th annual Sevier County Job Fair will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center located at 3230 Parkway in Pigeon Forge (Just past traffic light #6). The job fair will be split into two sessions, non-tourism related ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of Lynn Camp Prong to fishing effective March 6, 2015 following a seven-year native, brook trout restoration project. The reopening of the 8.5 mile-stream sections marks the first time, since the park’s establishment in 1934, that all streams in the park are open to fishing. By preserving a healthy, reproducing population ...

The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness announced that the Gatlinburg Recreation Department has been named a 2015 Healthier Tennessee Workplace for its commitment to encouraging and enabling employees to live a healthy lifestyle both at work and at home. “Gatlinburg Recreation Department has created a culture of wellness that encourages and enables employees to be healthier, more productive, and ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management crew plans to conduct a prescribed burn on a 1,876-acre forested area northwest of Cades Cove between March 9 and March 31, 2015. The Stony-Arbutus Ridge fire operations will occur over a period of several days. The total area to be burned is divided into three subunits that will be ignited separately ...

Ripley’s Aquarium and Attractions is hosting a job fair to hire over 100 immediate positions at their eight Ripley attractions in Sevier County. The Ripley job fair will be Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. Ripley Job Fair to fill positions at these eight Ripley attractions in Sevier ...

Tennessee State Bank is partnering with the King Family Public Library, and UT Extension to sponsor the 2015 Piggy Bank Pageant, a unique handmade “Piggy Bank” contest to teach kids about saving money. How do you teach financial responsibility with empty plastic bottles, paint and feathers? These are just a few of the materials that students across Sevier County may ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for Smoky Mountain Youth Baseball Association league play is still being accepted. Parents may register their children at the Sevierville Community Center during normal operating hours, or this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the concession pavilion at Sevierville City Park. The registration ...

Registration is now open for businesses that would like to take part in the Sevier County Job Fair in March. The 18th Annual Sevier County Job Fair will be held March 18, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. This job fair is divided into two sessions. The morning session from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. will feature ...