Park conducts Search for Missing NC Man

     Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are mounting a search for a Cary, North Carolina man who was reported missing on April 27.  The Park is also asking that anybody who may have seen the subject, Christopher Lee Cessna, 45, in the last three weeks,...

Volunteers needed for Park Trail Rehab

              Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently recruiting for volunteers to assist a Trails Forever trail crew on reconstruction projects on the Forney Ridge Trail Friday-Monday from May 20  to Oct. 16.              The Trails Forever program provides...

John W. “TJ” Cucumber – obituary

     John W. “TJ” Cucumber, 64, formerly of the Big Y Community of Cherokee, passed away Monday May 23, 2011, at Park Ridge Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer.       Mr. Cucumber was the son of the late Luzene Thompson Cucumber and Sequoyah Driver.  He was...