Author: jock

The Cocke County Budget Committee is set to begin a series of meetings regarding the 2022-2023 budgeting process. The first of those meetings is set for next Monday, April 11th at 4pm. Meetings are...

The wildfire that was burning in Maggie Valley is now 100% contained. That is thanks to mother nature. Some welcomed rainfall helped firefighters take that fire from 30% containment to 100% containment on Tuesday...

The Millstone Gap fire in Sevier County near the Blount County line is now at 90% containment. Fire officials say that 959 acres have been burned….that’s up from around 800 acres reported before. Officials...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park maintenance crews will be implementing temporary, single-lane closures along the north and southbound Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, beginning Monday, April 11 and continuing through Thursday, April 21....

Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that a two-year trail rehabilitation project will begin on Ramsey Cascades Trail as part of the Trails Forever program supported by Friends of the Smokies. The trail, Ramsey...

The victims identities in that double shooting in Scott County Virginia have now been released. The Scott County Virginia sheriff’s office says the victims were two men…38-year-old Kevin James Paul George and 28-year-old Preston...

Fire victims who have lost their homes may have to wait a little bit to get checks from their insurance companies. Most companies are going to be reluctant to pay any claims until the...

A Hamblen County man will be spending possibly the next 20 years in prison after being sentenced yesterday in federal court. On Monday in Greeneville, 62 year old Lynn Richard Norton of Russellville was...