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Turned Away: Visitors, residents barred from national park

Turned Away: Visitors, residents barred from national park
Amid of all their stops, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of their favorites. This time around, they planned to stay in the Smokies outside Bryson City for a week. But as they pulled into Deep Creek, the 70 year olds were turned away by a …
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Now that the Smokies are open, here's where to see the leaves
According to the Great Smoky Mountains Association, the leaves are at their peak in the higher elevations. They say they are "especially brilliant along Newfound Gap Road between Chimney Tops overlook and Newfound Gap." They suggest these drives: …
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Smoky Mountain Center plans consolidated board for region
But the new board is likely to face opposition as some counties worry about losing their voice on the board. … Smoky Mountain Center now manages Medicaid and state-funded mental health, substance abuse and intellectual/developmental disability …
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Butler County native shut out from birthday hike in Smoky Mountains
Middletown native Rob Lansdale had hoped to hike part of the Appalachian Trail in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee for his 29th birthday Wednesday. But the standoff between the Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., that resulted in the first …
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Latest Smoky Mountains News

Smoky Mountain bears prove elusive
Animals, wild animals in their natural habitat, are among the attractions that make Great Smoky Mountain National Park the most visited park in the nation. We toured a sizable chunk of the park by car last week and saw a few deer grazing in roadside …
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Cemetery visits canceled, visitors ignoring closures
Shirley Crisp can't walk the six-mile, uphill path to her grandfather's gravesite in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So the 77-year-old depends on the National Park Service to get her there once a year. With the federal government shutdown …
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Nice Smoky Mountains photos

A few nice smoky mountains images I found:

Smoky Mountain cemetary
smoky mountains
Image by James Jordan

Great Smoky mountains
smoky mountains
Image by karthik n
now u know the reason for the name…

IMG_1455 “Smoky Mountains” mountains
smoky mountains
Image by jjjj56cp

Smoky Mountains Vacation 242

A few nice smoky mountains images I found:

Smoky Mountains Vacation 242
smoky mountains
Image by Tales from the South

Smoky Mountains Vacation 239
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Image by Tales from the South

Latest Smoky Mountains News

feds shut down major roadway, block access to graveyard
Nearly a third of Blount County is inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So when the federal government shut down the park, it also shut down one of the area's chief sources of revenue. The National Park Service also closed the Foothills …
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Report: Smokies have lost 257K visitors, million dollars
Here in East Tennessee, we know how much the Great Smoky Mountains National Park means to this area. Now, a new report is putting some facts behind those feelings, and the impact of the federal government shutdown. The Coalition of National Park …
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Deal struck to reopen Great Smoky Mountains park amid shutdown
Oct 15 (Reuters) – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, closed during its peak fall tourism season by the federal government shutdown, will reopen for five days starting Wednesday using state and county funds, state officials said on Tuesday.
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Smoky Mountains

A few nice smoky mountains images I found:

Smoky Mountains
smoky mountains
Image by jen and joe

Smoky Mountains
smoky mountains
Image by jen and joe

Smoky Mountains
smoky mountains
Image by jen and joe

Hillbilly Rawhide – Ramblin’ Primitive Outlaws (Full Album)

Track List: 01 – Rawhide 00:00 02 – Ferrovia Centro-Oeste (Ft. Klaus Koti) 02:58 03 – White Lightning 05:23 04 – Fugindo Com A Pacotera 08:15 05 – High On Th…

Alex and i build a Hillbilly A/C unit.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK*

A few nice smoky mountains images I found:

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK*
smoky mountains
Image by gobucks2
Donz casting in the mountain stream in Greenbrier

The Hillbilly Moon Explosion ‘My Love For Evermore’ ft Sparky from Demented Are Go

The Hillbilly Moon Explosion   'My Love For Evermore' ft  Sparky from Demented Are Go

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Multimedia slideshow of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. I originally made one for a photo journalism class I was in, in 2009. The video I used was less t…

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