The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will remain fully open and operational through Nov. 2 amid the federal government ...

For many students at UT, trips to one of our closest national parks could be negatively impacted this fall. The Great Smoky ...

Cades Cove and Sugarlands Visitors Center were closed in the shutdown, but government groups and nonprofits are paying for ...

The agreement to keep the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GSMNP) fully open and operational has been extended through Nov ...

The nonprofit Friends of the Smokies will help pay to fully reopen Great Smoky Mountains National Park for one week during ...

The annual elk breeding season, known as the rut, is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The rut can be exciting to witness, but it can also be dangerous, as elk are especially ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff have seen a recent uptick in visitors feeding bears, with three separate incidents in the past week alone, the park announced Aug. 13. After the park received ...

America's most-visited national park, located along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, has been forced to close some of its popular facilities.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A species of “tiny detectives” could help researchers learn more about wildlife disease and biodiversity loss in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of ...

The frosty breath of dawn creeps through the Smokies like a quiet but unrelenting rival. It chills your hands as you clutch a thermos of steaming coffee, watching the sun smear gold across the valleys ...

When the federal government shut down at midnight Oct. 1, there were a lot of questions, especially for Western North ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Sevier County and its local and state partners have announced they are keeping the Great Smoky ...