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 ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — The Trump administration this week is making a significant cut to staffing for the National Park ...

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.

A winter storm could drop 1-3 inches of snow in East Tennessee, but meteorologists are uncertain about exact totals.

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

The Great Smoky Mountains are one of the most popular travel destinations in the United States. Every year, over 12 million people visit the national park and its surrounding towns. Gatlinburg, Pigeon ...

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will use a combination ... from the 2010s suggested that activities such as trampling, rock stacking ...

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 ...