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The Sevierville Recreation Department is now accepting youth baseball and softball registration and entry fees for the Smoky Mountain Youth Baseball Association 2015 fall season. Baseball leagues are open to children ages 5-17 years old; softball ages are also 5-17 years old. The registration fee for both leagues is $35.00/child. Children can register to be drafted or full teams may ...

Pigeon Forge officials announced today that construction of the Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge reached its midway point and is on schedule to be completed on December 31, 2015, in time for the planned opening in Spring 2016. Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge is a $22.5 million, city-owned youth baseball complex that will feature six lighted synthetic turf fields, each based on ...

By Patrick Keyser, Professor and Director, Center for Native Grasslands Management Most recommendations for grazing native grass forages are based on some form of rotational grazing. That approach to native grass management and its benefits was discussed in the publication “Managing Native Grass Forages.” However, continuous grazing may also be used effectively with native grasses. In fact, in the Great ...

The Farmers Market at Sevierville Commons is a great place to purchase fresh meats and produce for your 4th of July celebrations while also having fun and learning a thing or two about the Revolutionary War. The weekly Sevierville Farmers Market, held every Friday in historic downtown Sevierville, will celebrate the birth of our nation a day early on market ...

The 40th annual Gatlinburg 4th of July Midnight Parade steps off at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2015 to the cheers of close to 80,000 spectators. For 40 years, the Parade has honored our nation’s Military Veterans and other U.S. Military Heroes with this classic, small town American parade. The First Independence Day Parade in the Nation has garnered ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials reopened the Cosby entrance road, campground, and picnic area this morning. The area has been closed due to flood damage since June 22, 2015 when flash flooding along Rock Creek spilled over the banks. Park maintenance crews cleared rocks and debris from the roadway and repaired over 1,000 feet of road shoulders where the ...

Home canning continues to make a comeback, and tomatoes are among the most popular commodities to can says Dr. Janie Burney, a professor and food preservation specialist with the University of Tennessee Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. As the canning season begins, Burney answers questions that beginners and those experienced in food preservation often ask about canning tomatoes. ...

The 2015 Celebrity Concert Series continues at Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge with Shenandoah, featuring Marty Raybon, on Friday, July 3, 2015 at 8 pm. The voice of such classic country hits as “The Church on Cumberland Road,” “Next to You Next to Me” and “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” is back. Marty Raybon is reuniting with ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters has called a Special Session of the Sevier County Commission at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2015 in room 306w of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Ave. in historic downtown Sevierville, Tenn. A number of items are on the Sevier County Commission agenda, including: Consideration of a resolution determining the certified tax rate ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating the shooting of a bald eagle in Jefferson County in the area of Elliots Shoals on Douglas Lake near Dandridge, Tenn. A reward of up to $12,500 is being offered for information leading to a conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting the eagle. The wounded eagle was ...