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Saturday pageant to benefit Relay For Life
The Mountain Press will host its first Holiday of Hope pageant Saturday at Tennessee Shindig theatre in Pigeon Forge. The pageant is part of The Mountain Press Relay For Life team’s fundraising ...
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Countywide speed limit idea dies
SEVIERVILLE — A group of county officials got through a debate on setting a countywide speed limit faster than a driver flying down an unmarked highway.
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Gatlinburg commission considers utility project
GATLINBURG — Gatlinburg City Commissioners met at City Hall on Monday for a workshop to consider Phase VI of the city’s Undergrounding of Utilities Project, primarily because the city has qualif...
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<b>How to help</b> To contribute to the memorial fund for bull elk No. 21, visit the Web page www.friendsofthesmokies.org/elk.html. Fund created for elk
SEVIERVILLE — What do you take to an elk memorial? As it turns out, donations are accepted in lieu of flowers.
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Fire destroys office building at abandoned campground
By STAN VOIT Editor PIGEON FORGE — A Tuesday night fire destroyed an office building at an abandoned campground, threatening nearby properties with brush fires before firefighters got it u...
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Schools like the looks of math program
Sevier County Schools have reported success with FASTT (Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology) Math, an intervention program designed to support students in secon...
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Harley group touts bike rally
GATLINBURG — Representatives of Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson & Buell with headquarters in Maryville approached Gatlinburg city commissioners at City Hall on Monday for a workshop meeting f...
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TDOT studies Birds Creek
SEVIERVILLE — It appears state officials may be just weeks from awarding a contract to improve a major portion of Birds Creek Road between Sevierville and Gatlinburg.
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Jacob Stanton Man faces murder charge; 21-year-old arrested in shooting death
SEVIERVILLE — Sheriff’s deputies have charged a local man with second-degree murder after a woman he allegedly shot died on the way to University of Tennessee Medical Center.
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Greenways plan gets overwhelming support
GATLINBURG — Nearly 50 interested residents of Gatlinburg turned out at City Hall on Monday to participate in a public hearing for the proposed 15.6-mile, 12-segment Gatlinburg Greenways Master ...
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