Friends of the Smokies has announced the 2021 Classic Hikes of the Smokies to benefit Trails Forever. Discover America’s most-visited national park with a guided day hike. The Classic Hikes …
Friends of the Smokies working on park’s issues
On Sept. 2, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most heavily visited of the country’s 63 national parks, will turn 81 years old. That has caused two major issues …
A life devoted to family, business
A well-known South Knox and Sevier County businesswoman has been taken by COVID-19. Doris Jean McKee McMahan, 77, died Jan. 8. She was born on Dec. 5, 1943, in Maryville.
She …
Tonique Renee: Caring for wild creatures
Somewhere in Sevier County is a haven for injured and orphaned wildlife. These creatures are cared for by Tonique Renee at Smoky Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation. Renee is somewhat cagey about …
Former law enforcement leader has died
Thomas “T.J.” Cantwell, 95, of Sevierville, passed away on Nov. 9, 2020. He joined the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 1951 and spent his entire 30-year career in District 1, first …
Don Ferguson: Working on the railroad
A steam locomotive from bygone days jumps from a photo taken but a few weeks ago. It is another post on the Facebook page Knoxville Tennessee History and Memories from …
Hiking ‘Wildcat’ to speak in Sevierville
GSM Outfitters is hosting An Evening with Bert “Wildcat” Emmerson, Triple Crown Hiker, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at 3275 Wears Valley Road, Ste. B, Sevierville. Info: GSM Outfitters at …
Magnificent and Spectator Sport
There is a reason that anytime you see, read or talk about elk the adjective magnificent has to be in the dialog. They truly are a magnificent animal.
Extinct in Tennessee …