Big & Rich say Dolly Parton put fame aside to help neighbors after 2016 Tennessee wildfires

Big & Rich recall Dolly Parton's heartfelt response to the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfires and her "Smoky Mountains Rise" telethon that raised millions.

The Volunteers kick off the NCAA football season against Furman on Saturday.

Tennessee Volunteers to honor late Dolly Parton with a helmet sticker this season  Toronto Star

Tennessee football announced plans to honor the late Dolly Parton with a sticker on the back of the Vols helmets during the 2026 season, per coach Josh Heupel.Parton died on August 25. She was 80.“All that she’s meant across the world, this country, and certainly the Queen of East Tennessee,” Heupel said. “A lady that

The Tennessee Volunteers will honor the late, great country music and native Tennessean Dolly Parton with a special helmet decal throughout the 2026 season.

Vols coach Josh Heupel announced the tribute Monday, calling Parton the “queen of east Tennessee.”

The news come after an airport will be renamed for the country music icon.

The country music icon and philanthropist, who died at age 80, maintained deep connections to the university and performed Rocky Top at Neyland Stadium in 2023

Parton, a native Tennessean, sadly passed away on August 25.

Nashville’s International Airport could soon bear the name of one of Tennessee’s most beloved daughters. Three days after Dolly Parton died at the age of 80 on 25 August, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that he supports a proposal to rename Nashville International Airport in honour of the legendary country singer

Dolly Parton’s home state of Tennessee will pay tribute to the music legend by naming Nashville International Airport after her. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said it was "fitting" that the airport would "bear the name of our state’s favourite daughter."

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Friday said he wants to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of country music legend Dolly Parton.

Bill Lee says he favors proposal to rename Nashville’s international airport after legendary country singer Bill Lee, the Tennessee governor, on Friday said he favored a proposal to rename Nashville’s international airport after legendary country singer Dolly Parton, who died three days earlier at age 80. In a statemen

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has declared his support for renaming Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton, days after the beloved singer’s death. “It is fitting that Nashville International Airport would bear the name of our state’s favorite daughter and greet travelers with the enduring legacy of Dolly’s music, ge

"It is fitting that Nashville International Airport would bear the name of our state’s favorite daughter," Governor Bill Lee says in statement

Dolly Parton, who was born in Tennessee, was deeply associated with the city of Nashville throughout her career and was inducted into its Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1986

Dolly Parton was not, as I always think of her, an Aquarius. She was technically a Capricorn, as befits her indefatigable work ethic and prodigious output. She was born in the Great Smoky Mountains, into the utterly vanished world that predated universal electrification, on Jan. 19, 1946, one day before Aquarius season

New Street station tribute to music legend who died this week at 80

Another tribute, like Maher's, that drew negative attention was that of Ricky Schroder, who portrayed Parton's father in two biopic movies based on her childhood.

Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Nashville is about to put Dolly Parton’s name somewhere very hard to miss. State and airport officials have begun laying the groundwork to rename its bustling airport after the beloved country singer, who died on Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Na

A push by fans to rename Nashville's airport for Dolly Parton appears to be taking flight just days after the country music icon's death.

As Dolly Parton leaves behind an untouchable legacy, Bill Maher went for an easy boob joke in his on-air tribute. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian mentioned the 11x Grammy-winning Queen of Country’s death at age 80 this week in his opening monologue, before making a quip about her signature busty appearan

Nashville International Airport could soon be renamed after Tennessee icon Dolly Parton, the governor and airport announced Friday.

Last week, Bill Maher dedicated his long-running HBO show “Real Time” to defending Trump “human printer” Natalie Harp — after admitting he was too afraid to mock her oddly close relationship with President Trump because Laura Loomer sued him for ridiculing theirs (the lawsuit was tossed) — and getting chummy with Hunte

The country music legend previously asked lawmakers to withdraw a bill for a statue of her at the state Capitol in 2021.

Kaitlan Collins BTS: Trump honors Dolly Parton's legacy while tensions with Canada intensify  CNN