LETTER: Ross and Lossiah families say thanks

  The Ross and the Lossiah families would like to thank everyone who bought a dinner and who helped make the Indian Taco Benefit a success:  Larry Blythe, Perry Shell, Patrick Lambert, Tunney Crowe, Teresa McCoy, Richard French, Frances Reed, Wanda French, Sarah...

LETTER: Park will close if government shuts down

  To the Editor: If Congress fails to reach a federal budget resolution by midnight, Sept. 30, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and hundreds of other National Park Service sites in America will close to the public indefinitely. In Great Smoky Mountains...