While other national parks are closed as the government shutdown drags on, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open - at ...

Long before the Great Smokies’ highest peak was named in 1859 for Thomas Clingman, a U.S. senator who would later become a Confederate brigadier general, the Cherokee people knew it by a different ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will help maintain a key U.S. highway that connects Cherokee in North Carolina to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, during the federal government shutdown. At a special ...

The Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak will be renamed Kuwohi, restoring its original Cherokee name after over 150 years. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved the change, requested by the ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Update (10/16 at 11:40 a.m.): Newfound Gap Road has been reopened after closing Tuesday due to the threat of snow and ice overnight, the National Park Service said.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will help maintain Newfound Gap in the Great Smokies amid the federal government ...