Park announces Cades Cove Road projects 

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Cades Cove Loop Road will be fully closed for three weeks in September to resurface the popular roadway which is used by more than 2 million visitors a year. The one-way road will be closed to all...

Park recruits Adopt-a-Plot volunteers 

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are recruiting volunteers to adopt a monitoring plot in areas throughout the Park. In an effort to track nature’s calendar, or phenology, volunteers will collect information as part of an important research project...

VITA Tax assistance program starting

  The 2021 offering of Tax Assistance begins Tuesday, Feb. 16. If your annual income is less than $57,000 or you are a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, you are eligible to have your taxes prepared at no cost at the EBCI Cooperative Extension Office...