The country icon owns numerous businesses around her hometown resort, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

A video shows a man in Gatlinburg getting dangerously close to a black bear. Here's what NOT to do, according to experts.

"This is so sad." Family captures shocking video as wild bear comes right up to doorstep: 'Most of the time it is people's ...

Vital conservation projects in national parks are grinding to a halt following sweeping staff reductions. NPCA outlines the ...

A guide to free things to do in Asheville this summer: from visiting your local libraries, to catching no-cost shows and ...

Benjamin Harrison set aside the first national forest reserves in 1891, creating the framework for conservation of today's national forests. Our nation's most celebrated conservation champion, ...

A bear was killed by a vehicle in Gallatin, Tennessee, on Vietnam Veterans Boulevard. TWRA and local police responded, and ...

Days after a black bear was seen roaming through Gallatin, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency says it removed bear remains from the area.