The National Park Service (NPS) is facing significant challenges due to recent budget cuts and workforce reductions. In ...

National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

History and nature converge in this charming Tennessee town, where you can explore fascinating landmarks and savor the ...

A hiker with a broken leg was forced to wait until the next day for rescue due to treacherous weather in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. The accident happened Thursday ...

Tennessee Highway Patrol photo A hiker with a broken leg was forced to wait until the next day for rescue due to treacherous weather in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say.

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UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...

In the Smokies, wildflowers are out for most of the year - so volunteer Tom Harrington, 85, is too, reporting on the blooms ...

It’s wildflower season in the Great Smoky Mountains, and beneath the long ... Harrington, 85, has found blooms as early as mid-February and, in mild years, as late as Thanksgiving.