Teresa Pennington, a nationally popular color pencil artist in located in Waynesville, is lending her talents toward ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which ranked third in visitation in 2024, is heading into the high season with a ...

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Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy photo Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park Service says.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is beloved for vistas spanning miles, but a very real threat to that emerged when developers began pitching a “large-scale subdivision” along the park’s ...

US 441/Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee remains closed to all traffic March 5 because of high winds, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The major road through the ...

The day after graduating high school in 1964, Dolly Parton left her small hometown in the Great Smoky Mountains region of East Tennessee and moved halfway across the state to Nashville.

Twelve Great Smoky Mountains National Park employees have reportedly been fired amid federal layoffs. More National Park Service firings are expected and could affect positions providing visitor ...