Due to a looming widespread federal government funding freeze, the National Park Service said it had to lay off over 2,000 ...

Two hikers recently have been found dead in national parks in Tennessee and Utah. On Sunday, the body of Cesar Herrera-Ruiz, ...

President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on ...

Newfound Gap Road has reopened but multiple other roads within the national park are still closed after last week’s snowstorm ...

Ann Houghton, a 73-year-old hiker, was found dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after going missing over the ...

A missing 73-year-old North Carolina hiker was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend, park ...

Even so, “winter is a beautiful time to explore the Great Smoky Mountains,” National Park Service spokesperson Dave Barak told Knox News after the first winter storm of 2025 moved across the Smokies ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Great Smokey National Park launched a search operation for missing hiker Ann Houghton.

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of ... of 2025 moved across the Smokies and East Tennessee earlier this month.

The body of a 73-year-old missing hiker was found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to officials.