Railroad, Jackson leaders at impasse on plan to bring train back to Dillsboro
Not too long ago, Dillsboro was the bustling hub of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Trains rolled in and out almost non-stop, funneling about 60,000 people a year through the town — and through the doors of merchants' shops, seeking everything …
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Help wanted: A better road map for WNC
An ambitious yearlong exercise to create a collective economic vision for the mountains will decide whether a long-awaited $ 800 million highway through the rugged and remote far western end of the state is ever built. Carrying a consulting fee of $ 1.3 …
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Travel: The beauty of it all in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains
The main attraction is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: half a million acres of deep woods, sparkling waterfalls, scenic vistas and restored pioneer homesteads. It is the nation's most visited national park, and one of the few that doesn't …
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