Visit My Smokies Announces New Facility for Sporting Events in Gatlinburg
Visit My Smokies, the premier website for Smoky Mountain lodging, announced a new sporting events facility geared toward children, Rocky Top Sports World, in Gatlinburg, TN. Scheduled to open in the summer of 2014, Rocky Top Sports World rests on 80 …
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Hickory girls top seeded West 3A team
31 Smoky Mountain (10-12) Monday in Bost-Matheson gym. Lake Norman Charter was awarded the top seed in the West 2A girls with a 22-0 seeding record. Teams were allowed to drop non-conference losses back to a 22-game schedule so despite having …
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Public comment on sought on Smokemont stables project
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking public comment on a proposal to build a new 36-stall barn at the site of the current Smokemont stables, which is about six miles north of Cherokee off U.S. 441. The National Park Service proposes …
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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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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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Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain WineFest – PRWeb
Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Spring, It's a Spring Thing, is introducing a new headline event, Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain WineFest! On Saturday, April 27, 1:00 – 6:00 pm, come to Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies to sample wines from 15 Tennessee wineries …
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Officials to set prescribed burns in Great Smoky Mountains near Cataloochee …
GATLINBURG, Tennessee — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is planning a 155-acre prescribed burn in the Canadian Top unit adjacent to the Cataloochee Valley in North Carolina. If weather permits, the park's fire management officials plan to …
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School board votes unanimously to appoint Pattillo
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Spring up at Greening Up – Smoky Mountain News
This free festival celebrates spring in the mountains, when the greening leaves work their way up the Great Smoky Mountains. It also celebrates the greening of the environment, with info about sustainable living and presentations by environmental groups.
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