President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

If you've found your way to Townsend, nestled on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, you're already privy to ...

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. Ann Houghton, 73, was discovered just before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, “roughly a ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water ...

OpenTable's picks stretch across cuisines and the length of the Volunteer State, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the ...

Back in the late 1880s, two remarkable men, Wilbur Zeigler and Ben Grosscup, visited Western North Carolina for the express purpose of developing a comprehensive profile of the region’s resources. ...

Screenshot from "Bear with rare five-cub litter breaks into, steals from SUV in Great Smoky Mountains" via USA Today Network. Secure your doors and roll up your windows—there’s a black bear bandit on ...

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...

Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk near South Africa’s Table Mountain to promote the ... by a vehicle The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially ...

His daughter Julie, who taught at Oak Ridge High School, shares the story of her mom and dad, along with another retired ...