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Resident may be at dead end over easing increased traffic
PIGEON FORGE — Some Pigeon Forge residents are asking the city for help cutting down on traffic that’s using their subdivision’s road as a shortcut between two popular thoroughfares, though of...
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Timber Tower, 2006 Last five years good ride for park
PIGEON FORGE — After two decades of building one of the most-recognized regional parks in the country, the folks at Dollywood have done everything but rest on their laurels over the last five ...
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Carol Knight has owned Carol’s Market & Grill at the corner of Old Newport Highway and Jones Cove since 1991. (Michelle Robertson/The Mountain Press) Meet Your Neighbor: Carol Knight serves up country cookin’ and hospitality
NEW CENTER — The breakfast special — one biscuit and gravy with bacon or sausage: $2.49. Lunch specials, Monday through Friday, one meat, two veggies and bread: $5.49 to $5.99.
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Gatlinburg’s reindeer games; More Santas than you can shake a candy cane at join annual parade
GATLINBURG — Yes, Virginia, that really was Santa Claus walking down the Parkway.
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Planners approve new map
SEVIERVILLE — An effort is ongoing to correct what County Planner Jeff Ownby says may be the biggest mess he’s seen since taking the office, with its next step a reformation lawsuit in local cou...
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‘Operation Painkiller’ targets illegal use of prescription medication
A Sevier County grand jury has indicted 33 people for sale and delivery of assorted drugs as a result of an undercover operation of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit. Sheriff ...
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ETSU and Sevier County partnership moves forward
East Tennessee State University’s Office of Rural and Community Health and Community Partnerships is in the process of gathering new information from Sevier County health professionals as part of ...
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Ripley’s General Manager Ryan DeSear donned his best pirate regalia to join in the fun as Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies hosted the annual Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic Pirates Ball Thursday evening. Pirates all heart for clinic
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies Thursday evening, looking through patched-eyes to find some loot for a good cause.
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A quilt with an image of the Titantic is one of the most popular exhibits at “A Mountain Quiltfest” in Pigeon Forge this week. The event concludes today. Quiltfest sews up another year today
PIGEON FORGE — Quilting enthusiasts have one last chance to enjoy their favorite art as “A Mountain Quiltfest” comes to a close today.
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Tourism topic of gubernatorial candidate forum here March 19
PIGEON FORGE — The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Sevierville Chamber of Commerce will present a gubernatorial forum March 19 focused on the role of tourism in Tennessee.
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