In late fall of 1925, Paul Adams was astonished to see a visitor walk into his camp on Mount Le Conte. Adams, a young man of 25, had been hired by the Knoxville-based Great Smoky Mountains ...

The Airbnb Stays in Sevierville are simply gorgeous and filled with great amenities. Sevierville, Tennessee, is a charming destination that serves as a gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains, making it ...

A former volunteer at NXT Dream Center in Mountain Home is sharing her experience working alongside Pastor Gregory Wayne Jones, who faces human sex trafficking and sexual assault charges. Dolly Parton ...

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 ...

When the federal government shut down at midnight Oct. 1, there were a lot of questions, especially for Western North Carolina, where business owners and residents are already on the heels of a year ...

A rendering of a new worship venue at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (with the roof cut away for viewing purposes), next to the current sanctuary and chapel.. Members of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church on ...

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 ...

When members voted to change the bylaws at Houston's Second Baptist Church in 2023, a single sentence that seemingly slipped by most people put the church at odds with its own faith: "Members are not ...

When members voted to change the bylaws at Houston’s Second Baptist Church in 2023, a single sentence that seemingly slipped by most people put the church at odds with its own faith: “Members are not ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — We will likely see impacts of a near-certain government shutdown here in western North Carolina. Dr. Chris Cooper, a professor of political science at Western Carolina ...

Houston’s Second Baptist is a church currently battling many of its own members. In April, a group of former and current congregants, calling themselves the Jeremiah Counsel, sued the nearly ...