During the ban, the only burning and cooking allowed is with cookstoves with gas containers and gas grills with on/off switches at picnic areas.

Two protests were held in Knoxville against DOGE and Tesla. Another was held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A parkwide fire ban has been issued for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to dry conditions and low relative ...

Spring in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park offers a rare and welcoming combination of fewer people, cheaper lodging ...

Discover the best approach to planning a trip to the most visited national park in the U.S. while enjoying everything it offers.

Spring visits to the Smokies will be different this year. Areas are closed and program start dates are delayed amid federal staffing and budget cuts.

Conservation groups say the closures could be because of recent federal budget cuts to the National Park Service.

On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

WVLT News reached out to the Great Smoky Mountains National park multiple times but have not received a response back.

Some of the items in stores at visitor centers have an extra connection to the park: they're the work of current or retired rangers and volunteers.