An analysis of data from 1999 through 2023 shows 93% of parks and wilderness areas saw improved air quality on clear days.

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze.

Another WNC classic, the Nantahala Byway guides travelers through 43 miles of the Nantahala Forest, including 20 miles ...

The major road through the Smokies closed around 12:30 p.m. April 2 due to a high wind warning in the far eastern parts of the state. Winds 20 to 40 mph with gusts up to 70 mph are expected, according ...

What if this is the purpose of my pain? What if my purpose is to take my pain and help other people with theirs?," asked Michael Reed.

It was in this setting that a fire started high atop Chimney Tops, a scraggly, rocky peak in the Great Smoky Mountains ... or around Ski Mountain Road, not far from Highway 441, which runs through ...

Destinations including Montana, the Rocky Mountains, and New England are actually on the rise, she adds. Whether or not the recent uptick in travel warnings to the US will cause a significant ...

TOWNSEND (WATE) — Saturday afternoon, protests transpired at the Townsend entrance of the Great Smoky Mountains National ... what this park is to so many of us,” said BB Alley, protest ...

“Brooke doesn’t talk to us. She’s had twins. She got married, she didn’t tell us. She had a huge fight with Terry. I don’t know how that reflected onto me, but she cut me out too.

Laura Plaia, 59, was also in attendance at the protest in Arlington and was recently laid off from the US Department of State where she worked in the Bureau of African Affairs. “Our work ...