Dollywood was cited after an employee was injured in March 2025 ahead of the park’s opening.

In the Smoky Mountains, you can visit historic sites like the Little Greenbrier Schoolhouse, where tales of ghosts linger.

According to them, there’s no real secret-just the use of fresh mountain spring water, channelled directly from a 300-metre-high waterfall into their prawn ponds. Using PVC and polyethylene pipes, ...

On Wednesday, July 9, Fairview residents from the Spring Mountain Community and Echo Lake packed into a Buncombe County Board of Adjustment meeting worried a property owner who wants to build a ...

From Andrews to Murphy to Swain County, the Smoky Mountain Conference has plenty of stars. Here are 20 players to watch in the SMC in 2025.

Under Tracy's leadership, FRL spends about 82% of its revenue on program-related costs, which The Smoky Mountain News notes is “a common metric in the nonprofit world that places FRL among elite ...

Candidates across Western North Carolina have begun filing for the 2025 municipal elections, which will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4.  Last week, The Smoky Mountain News conducted a survey across ...

The Maryville-based softball team ECS poses for a team photo after winning a tournament earlier in the season. ECS will compete in the 57th Smoky Mountain Classic this weekend.

The Bases Loaded softball team is back for the second straight year and is gearing up to compete in the 57th Smoky Mountain Classic set to begin on Friday.

From coaches making debuts to heated rivalries, here are our picks for the top 10 Smoky Mountain Conference games in 2025.

Here's how President Donald Trump's new executive order may impact Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park.