'It's home, always will be' | Longest-serving city manager in Tennessee reflects on 63 years of serving Pigeon Forge
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Pigeon Forge has evolved tremendously over the last 63 years, but one woman has been in the front seat, ...
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Tennessee’s longest-serving city manager announces plans to retire
Volunteer State’s first female city manager, Pigeon Forge City Manager Earlene Teaster has announced she plans to retire ...
Longest-serving city manager of Pigeon Forge, Earlene Teaster, announces retirement
In addition to being Tennessee's first female city manager, her 44-year tenure makes her the longest-serving city manager in ...
Pigeon Forge’s city manager, longest serving in Tennessee, set to retire after serving for more than four decades
Teaster, who is currently Tennessee’s longest-serving city manager, is set to retire on June 30. Copyright 2025 WVLT. All rights reserved.
More than Dollywood: How Dolly Parton’s theme park dream became a 40-year empire
Dolly Parton had a dream to build a theme park in the same place where she grew up. But she’s created much more than ...
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More than Dollywood: How Dolly Parton’s theme park dream became a 40-year empire
Parton also supports East Tennessee through philanthropic ... You hear the word ‘Pigeon Forge’ in places like New York City, Chicago and things like that (where) we don't have dollars to ...
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Rebel yells, Old West shootouts, a flooded mine: Attractions that came before Dollywood
In 1976, Goldrush Junction was acquired by the owners of MIssouri-based Silver Dollar City, a name the East Tennessee park adopted too. Tourism transformed Pigeon Forge from a speck of an outpost ...