After my favorite mountain towns started to get too crowded with tourists, I found a new favorite entrance to the Great Smoky ...

“After a few minutes rendering aid, the hiker and [paramedic] were then hoisted into the Blackhawk helicopter hovering above, ...

A flight crew with the Tennessee Army National Guard rescued a Great Smoky Mountains National Park hiker "suffering from ...

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park ranks as most popular in the U.S. in a recent poll. National Park Week runs from Saturday, April 19 through Sunday, April 27. National Park Week is no exception.

The country’s most-visited national park has a familiar face permanently taking over the superintendent position.

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — After nearly two years, a new superintendent has been selected for the Great Smoky Mountains ...

A winter storm could drop 1-3 inches of snow in East Tennessee, but meteorologists are uncertain about exact totals.

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park entomologist Becky Nichols.

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