Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about how East Tennessee has the #1 best climate among the 49 United States. I have excluded Hawaii in my survey because it is a tropical paradise that somehow accidentally became a state. There are hundreds of much closer islands like Iceland and Ireland that we could have seized to add to our united states   Read More ...

Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about how television created this humongous economic mess and how television can fix it. Oh, I know that fingers are pointing every which way while people blame the unions for having such great pay, the banks for loaning money to normal folks who wanted yachts and extra homes and even the auto companies for building   Read More ...

Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about foods that don’t require table manners, eating utensils or etiquette. I am referring to a special group of eats that bypass Emily Post’s 1927 book of etiquette and manners (627 pages long). Emily’s descendants have since completed 17 more editions and added another 237 pages in the last 80 years and so you’ve got   Read More ...

Gatlinburg Rotary Club presents Mountains of Chocolate & More An evening of live music, tasting, and an auction. Date: June 2, 2011 Time: 5:30 – 7:30PM Location: Mills Auditorium Tickets: $50.00 (ticket price includes complimentary wine/beer and a take home treat box) Would you like an excuse to eat chocolate? Well here it is! Related Stories:Featured Artist: Brad Blackwell Releases New Album “Fresh”InspirationOgle Furniture Outlet Holding Benefit for Clint’s BBQVote   Read More ...

Dolly invites Everyone who live or works in Sevier County to visit both Dollywood and Splash Country for $5 Each Park during Sevier County Day May 31-June 6, 2011. Admission will be $5 per person and will benefit the Sevier County Food Ministries. Must have a local I.D. or proof of employment. Related Stories:No Related Posts

Zac Brown Band, the winner of the 2010 CMA New Artist of the Year Award, has invited several of their musical friends to join them for individual songs during the group’s performance during the Nightly Concert at LP Field at 2011 CMA Music Festival, Thursday, June 9. Five-time CMA Award winner Randy Travis, acclaimed folk/jazz/soul artist Amos Lee, and singer/songwriter Sonia Leigh (who is signed with Brown’s record label, Southern   Read More ...

Titanic Museum Attractions Will Give Away Six 11-Day Trips for Two to Belfast, Ireland PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. and BRANSON, Mo. – May 23, 2011 – In May 1911, the RMS Titanic slid down Slipway No. 3 at the Queen’s Yard of Harland & Wolff and settled on the waters of the Victoria Channel in Belfast, Ireland while more than 100,000 people looked on. At the time, she was the largest   Read More ...

All rodeo events have their roots in Ranch Work. It began as a way to demonstrate skill, sort of a Cowboy Resume if you want to think of it like that. The skills used when competing in Barrels, Poles, Chute Dogging, Goat Tying, Roping are all demonstrations of what a Cowboy or Cowgirl would be expected to do if they worked for a cattle operation. For instance, barrel racing is   Read More ...

Want to know where the cheapest gas in the county is? Check out our map powered by gasbuddy.com for the most up to date user submitted gas prices! Click The Map Below Related Stories:FOUR-TIME CHAMPION JOHNSON JOINS ELI GOLD TUESDAY ON ‘NASCAR LIVE’Great Places to Trick-or-Treat in Sevier County this Halloween!Boomsday Parking Rates $5 at Most City GaragesTax Free WeekendDolly Parton Has New Children’s Book

Former CMA Entertainer of the Year’s First Appearance at the Festival Since 1996   Country Music superstar Shania Twain makes her first appearance at CMA Music Festival in 15 years to sign copies of her New York Times best-seller, From This Moment On, at the Bridgestone Arena, Friday, June 10 (2:00-4:00 PM/CT). Image courtesy of Oprah Winfrey Network. NASHVILLE – Country Music superstar Shania Twain makes her first appearance at   Read More ...