All parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park will reopen and be fully operational thanks to leadership and money from a group of state and local leaders. The plan, which is expected to be ...

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

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

Here’s what drivers should know about road closures in the busy, popular national park as the shutdown continues.

A federal shutdown began Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass a funding deal by the Sept. 30 deadline. Travelers at Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport could face longer lines during a peak tourism ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The National Park Service is asking visitors to slow down and enjoy the views in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Throughout August, rangers and partner agencies ...

If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...

When a shutdown seemed inevitable, Waters got on the phone with Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s interim superintendent, ...

Areas in Tennessee with 4,500- to 5,500-foot elevation are experiencing peak fall color in early October. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently fully open - at least through Oct. 10 - ...

The Gatlinburg Bypass remains closed following a large landslide Sept. 27 and there is no estimated timeline for reopening. Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared an update two days after heavy ...

While federal agencies are stuck in a holding pattern, some effects of the shutdown are being felt locally right now; others ...