The cuts targeted federal employees across all departments with “probationary status” because they have been hired in the past year. Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the ...

Funding cuts at the national level will have a direct impact on the Great Smoky Mountains, said Jeff Hunter with the National Parks Conservation Association.

Ann Houghton was found dead Feb. 2, on one of her many explorations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The body of Ann Houghton, 73, was discovered five days after she failed to return from an overnight hike in the park ...

fast-flowing streams. In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will use a combination of cutting-edge technology and traditional survey techniques ...

Due to a looming widespread federal government funding freeze, the National Park Service said it had to lay off over 2,000 ...

Visitors looking forward to a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park this spring and summer could encounter unkempt trails, unclean bathrooms and fewer park rangers. The National Park Service ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 degrees below zero are possible. Roads and areas of the popular park often ...