An overdue male hiker, approximately 50 years of age, was discovered deceased at Tricorner Knob Shelter in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Park Rangers early Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16. The name of the hiker is being withheld pending positive...

High rains that began on Sunday, Jan. 13 and have lasted several days have caused many areas in and around Cherokee to flood.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) due to a landslide which undercut the road near mile marker 22 between Collins Creeks and Webb Overlook at 9:40 am on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The slide is estimated to be a 200 foot section of...

High rains since Sunday, Jan. 13 have caused the Oconaluftee River to flood in places throughout Cherokee.  (ELVIA WALKINGSTICK/One Feather) For more photos of the flooding: [album id=254 template=extend]  

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers were notified of a two vehicle accident on Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) just north of Collins Creek Picnic Area in North Carolina on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 2:08pm. Rangers reported that a southbound 4-door Chrysler SUV collided...

Vincent C. Gray, mayor of Washington, D.C., recently commented that he is in favor of the Washington Redskins changing their name. He told the Washington Post on Wednesday, Jan. 9, “I think it has become a lightning rod, and I would love to be able to sit down with...