by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Most roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed following a high wind event that occurred overnight. Trees are down across roads and trails. Crews are assessing conditions, clearing trees and will open roads when it is safe to do...
by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | General Announcements
SYLVA, NC – Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital held a celebratory luncheon recently in honor of staff members who reached significant milestones in their tenure as employees of the hospitals. Service awards for staff and providers are typically...
by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | General Announcements
SYLVA, N.C. – The Smoky Mountains STEM Collaborative (SMSC), in collaboration with Jackson County Early College, is organizing a solar eclipse viewing party beginning at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 8 in the Balsam parking lot at Southwestern Community College’s...
by admin | Mar 22, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn.- Carlos Campbell Overlook on Newfound Gap Road is closed temporarily while maintenance crews assess cracks in the pavement and sidewalk. The overlook will reopen as soon as NPS and Federal Highway Administration crews make assessments and any needed...
by admin | Mar 20, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – In the first year since Great Smoky Mountains National Park launched the Park it Forward program, the park generated over $10 million in recreation fee revenue, which includes parking tag sales and camping fees. The park is using this money...
by admin | Mar 18, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced group size limits for the popular wildflower season at Whiteoak Sink. Individuals and small groups of eight or fewer people may access the Whiteoak Sink area throughout the wildflower...
