Logging long stretches in the backcountry of the Cataloochee Valley area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Western Carolina University biology graduate student Elizabeth Hillard is performing research that will help park personnel manage resources in regard to the park’s growing population of elk.

Harrah’s HEROs provided over 12,000 hours of volunteer service in 2012 Over the past twelve months, employees at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort have given back to their community by plowing dirt, donating blood, participating in Relay for Life and cancer awareness...

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have been working with the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) to assess damage to Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) as a result of a Jan.  16 landslide. The FHWA has completed their field survey work, and are now in...

Tribal Council Results – Tuesday, Jan. 22

In a show of solidarity with Canadian First Nations, over 50 people gathered for a march in Cherokee on Saturday, Jan. 19 in connection with the Idle No More movement.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers have identified the deceased hiker found at Tricorner Knob as Richard Lemarr, 50, from Knoxville, Tenn. Due to the remote location and inclement weather, Tennessee Highway Patrol successfully evacuated the deceased on...