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Industry adds $250M to local economy casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Motels, hotels and cabins are filling up for the holiday season with most reporting no vacancies for the New Year’s holiday weekend. The Grand Resort Hotel Group in Pigeon...
Center will aid in ATBI project casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is getting ready for the construction of a long-awaited $4.85 million science and education center in the Twin Creeks area of the park. The...
editor@theheraldnewspapers.com The Cherish the Children Foundation (CCF), the corporate fundraising arm for the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH), has recently been awarded two grants totaling $35,000. The foundation received word on Thursday...
Discounted rates, dinner packages Some Tennessee State Parks are making special plans for its 2006 New Year’s visitors including discounted rates and dinner packages. New Year’s Eve dinners will be served on December 31 at Cumberland Mountain,...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The City of Gatlinburg is holding its 17th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Pyrotechnic Show at the Space Needle. Festivities are set to begin at 11 p.m. at the base of the Space Needle on New Year’s Eve....
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Neitz was involved in a nasty car wreck last week on Chapman Highway and Titsworth Springs Road. A shocked and distraught Michele Soloway happened upon the scene of the incident just moments after it occurred to discover...
A tireless lifesaver takes a break SVFD Chief retires casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Long-time Seymour Volunteer firefighter Darryl Kerley will be stepping down December 31, 2005 as chief of the volunteer force and handing over the reigns to...
New Jersey rookie becomes second Lady Vol on publication’s list Forward Kylee Rossi was selected to Soccer America’s All-Freshman second team, the publication announced today. Rossi becomes just the second UT player to earn a spot on the...
New Jersey rookie becomes second Lady Vol on publication’s list Forward Kylee Rossi was selected to Soccer America’s All-Freshman second team, the publication announced today. Rossi becomes just the second UT player to earn a spot on the...
Luck reverses on Sevier County in run of close basketball games By Chris Silcox chris@theheraldnewspapers.com They say if you play with fire long enough, you’re bound to get burned eventually. That’s what happened to the Sevier County Smoky...
Pigeon Forge stages a late rally to overtake a team from Kentucky news@theheraldnewspapers.com Jonathan Gibbs paced the Pigeon Forge Tigers to a 79-62 win over the East Ridge Warriors Wednesday at the Gatlinburg Christmas Tournament. Gibbs...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Sevier County Fair officials are predicting a flop, and have passed the torch onto county officials to run next year’s fair. For years, the group charged with running the annual Sevier County Fair have clamored...
news@theheraldnewspapers.com What’s the real difference between wishing someone a “Merry Christmas” or instead, saying “Happy Holidays?” Both are said in kindness, meant to wish someone well during the same time of year. It...
By Duane Gordon news@theheraldnewspapers.com Dolly Parton fans won’t have to wait until February to hear her Golden Globe-nominated song “Traveliní Thru,” considered by many to be a front-runner for the Oscars next year. Although the...
By Governor Phil Bredesen news@theheraldnewspapers.com Dear fellow Tennessean: First, let me wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and offer my best wishes for a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. The holiday season is a time to...
Tainted pet food warning Diamond Pet Food has notified its distributors to hold the sale of all of its products formulated with corn that were produced in its Gaston, South Carolina facility because the product may contain aflatoxin. Aflatoxin...
Each year during cold weather cattle producers are faced with the same question: this year will it pay to adjust feed levels for my cows during cold weather? In 2006 the answer is yes. Jim Neel, a professor of animal science...
casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Sevier County unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points between October and November to 5.1 percent. While the rate increased, Sevier County’s unemployment still faired better than most in the state. The...
Governor Phil Bredesen’s job approval rating climbed steeply over the past four months as Tennessee voters voiced increasing support for his handling of key issues ranging from TennCare to ethics. According to the most recent Survey USA...
MRS. JEAN (DOYLE) GLOVER, age 92, of Jefferson City, TN, the widow of Reverend Edward Glover who died in 1981, passed away Wednesday morning, December 21, 2005 at Life Care Center of Jefferson City. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
