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Tipoffs for Asheville, North Carolina (Smoky Mountain) Newsletter for Sunday July 24, 2022 ( 2 items )  

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $4.1 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Recovery of the Tourism Sector in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $4.1 million in the city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to support the recovery and growth of the local tourism economy. These grants are funded by the American Rescue Plan. The EDA investments announced today are: * A $3.3 m  more

Western Carolina University: English, Literature Professor Honored for Contributions to Eudora Welty Scholarship
CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, July 15 (TNSawa) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: Mae Miller Claxton, an English professor at Western Carolina University, has won the Phoenix Award for Distinguished Achievement by the Eudora Welty Society. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of studies of the Pulitzer Prize winning author, whose work spans the 20th century. Welty, who died in 2001, wrote five novels and numerous short stories and essays in he  more