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May. 21, 2013 @ 11:06 PM

Sevierville board looks at budget

At a workshop session Monday afternoon, the city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen discussed the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, including some additional projects that will necessitate budget adjustments.


May. 20, 2013 @ 11:41 PM

Jim Bradley honored as Sevierville Middle School hosts social studies fair

The 27th annual social studies fair was held at Sevierville Middle School on Thursday, and while the boards on display covered topics from Japanese internment camps to the history of Dollywood, this year's event wasn't quite the same.


May. 20, 2013 @ 11:39 PM

Distillery site approved for Gatlinburg

At its meeting last week, the Gatlinburg Municipal and Regional Planning Commission approved a commercial site plan for Sugarlands Distilling Company. If it opens this fall as proposed, it will be the city's third distillery.


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May. 23, 2013 @ 03:13 AM

A day of disappointments

Once you reach the state tournament, records don’t matter.

The Seymour Lady Eagles softball team, which entered play with the best record of any team in the field, found that out the hard way Wednesday.

 

May. 22, 2013 @ 02:15 AM

A Perfect Evening

With rain and storms approaching Tuesday night at the state tournament, the Pigeon Forge Tigers baseball team was looking to make quick work of their first-round opponent Elizabethton at Smyrna High School.

Mission accomplished.


May. 19, 2013 @ 12:10 AM

Several county athletes will compete at Spring Fling next week

Athletes from Sevier County have qualified for eight track and field events at the 2013 TSSAA BlueCross Spring Fling to be held next week on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.


Opinion View All »

May. 06, 2013 @ 11:58 AM

Stan Voit: Grand Canyon rafting trip memorable experience

Some 5 million people visit the Grand Canyon every year, and almost all of them see it from the top down. It’s impressive. However, not nearly as many have viewed it from the bottom up, rafting along the roughly 270 miles of the Colorado River, a mile or so below the rims.


May. 22, 2013 @ 11:45 PM

Editorial: The park needs you on June 1; volunteer your time to make the Smokies better

Here is a great way to help your national park, get some good exercise and produce some work of which you'll be proud. Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate the 21st annual National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1 with a volunteer opportunity to participate in Appalachian Trail Work Day.


May. 22, 2013 @ 11:19 PM

Letter: New park backcountry fee should be considered illegal

Most of the national parks in the United States were presented to the people by the United States government. The parks in the west were already on government land. All the Federal Government needed to do was to designate them as national parks and present them to the people.


Mountain Life View All »

May. 20, 2013 @ 11:04 AM

Upland Chronicles: Otha Emert was POW during Korean conflict

Saturday, November 7, 1953 was Otha Emert Day in Sevier County.


May. 19, 2013 @ 12:01 AM

Fit to a tea

The Garden Club hosted its annual May tea on Thursday at Hughes Hall on the campus of Arrowmont.


May. 17, 2013 @ 06:58 PM

Health inspection scores May 17, 2013


Crime Report View All »

May. 22, 2013 @ 11:29 PM

Arrests May 22, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.


May. 17, 2013 @ 11:49 PM

Arrests May 17, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.


May. 16, 2013 @ 11:54 PM

Arrests May 16, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.