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A student’s jam-packed account of her family’s Pigeon Forge vacation recently won the family-friendly destination its sixth Emmy Award. “Show & Tell” is the title of the TV commercial that took top honors in the Commercial Spot category. Prompted by a young lady’s cue, the curtain rises to reveal a “few things we did” during her family’s Pigeon Forge vacation. ...

Strength training can increase an athlete’s performance during a marathon and has health benefits far beyond race day, according to a fitness expert at Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center. Let’s face it 26.2 miles is a long way. That’s the distances runners and walkers will tackle in the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon on April 2, 2017. Fitness instructor Stephanie ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 800 acres of fields near Hyatt Lane and the western end of Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur Thursday, February 16 through Sunday, February 19, 2017. Over the last 20 years, park managers have conducted these burns during the spring and fall ...

Pet owners should check a list of pet foods recalled due to contamination with metal pieces that could pose a choking hazard to their pet if eaten. Certain varieties of Wellness, Blue Buffalo and Grreat Choice pet foods are being recalled as a precautionary measure because they may contain pieces of metal. PetSmart first announced a voluntary recall of 13.2 ...

With Dollywood’s 2017 season on the horizon, the award-winning theme park is looking for friendly faces ready to join the team. Job fairs will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 25 for those who have scheduled interview appointments in advance. Openings include positions for the entire length of the 2017 operating season, as well as shorter peak season ...

As the 2016 Experience Your Smokies Tennessee class graduates, applications for the Experience Your Smokies Tennessee Class of 2017 are currently being accepted. The Experience Your Smokies Tennessee 2016 graduation event, which occurred on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 marks the sixteenth year of Experience Your Smokies leadership classes in Tennessee. The program, which is a collaborative endeavor between the Great ...

Following the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s lifting of water contact advisories for rivers and streams in Sevier County, the state wildlife agency is resuming its trout stocking program in the Little Pigeon River. TDEC reports that for over two decades, there was a public advisory against water contact due to elevated fecal coliform bacteria in the lower Middle ...

UPDATED WITH EXPANDED RECALL INFORMATION. Routine testing of cheese by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture found Listeria in a sample of Amish Classic Colby deli cheese and the finding has prompted a cheese recall of other brands produced by the same manufacturer, including Sargento brand, Mejier’s and a number of others. Many of the cheeses were supplied to deli counters ...

Classes will soon begin for gardening enthusiasts who wish to become a Master Gardener. Do you have desire to share the joy of gardening with others? Or maybe you just want to learn and share information about gardening and nature while giving volunteer time back to your community? If you answer yes to these questions, then the Sevier County Master ...

LeConte Medical Center is now accepting applications for teenagers who are interested in volunteering at the medical center and nursing home this summer. Complete details and application materials are available at: www.lecontemedicalcenter.com/juniorvolunteers. To be considered for the summer program students must be 14–17 years of age by May 1, 2017, make and maintain A/B grades, complete all application materials on ...