What people driving through the country’s most-visited national park amid the shutdown need to know about roads, trails and ...

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

After a total closure Aug. 1 of U.S 441/Newfound Gap Road — the only road connecting the North Carolina and Tennessee sides of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the North Carolina side is open ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will help maintain Newfound Gap in the Great Smokies amid the federal government shutdown, citing economic needs.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — With the federal government shutdown impacting America’s most visited national park, local governments in Tennessee and North Carolina are working on a plan to fully reopen ...

CAROL. THANK YOU JANE. THIS TIME OF YEAR, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HITS TOURISM SEASON STRIDE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNDERWAY, ONE POPULAR NATIONAL PARK COULD PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN. OUR PEYTON ...

You could spend a week exploring Great Smoky Mountains National Park and still feel like you barely scratched the surface. As much as we would like to spend two weeks exploring the most popular ...

A busy highway in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains that closed on Saturday due to a mudslide has reopened, National Park Service rangers said. U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky ...