As the weather gets warmer, it's time to plan visits to the Smokies! Here’s when some trails and roads reopen - and when ...

The hiker was along the False Gap Trail and in need of “immediate medical assistance and rapid transport to a nearby hospital ...

After rangers carried out 18 backcountry search and rescue operations in March, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

The National Park Service (NPS) faced many difficulties in 2025, primarily with employees being pushed to their limits amid staffing shortages. In October 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior ...

A 65-year-old woman has died after falling from a 60-foot cliff-edge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The hiker ...

For the third time, state and local leaders will fund the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, keeping the nation’s most visited national park fully operational for a full two weeks this go-round. The ...

Rangers have responded to a “significant volume” of emergencies, including a fall off a cliff: "Many are preventable with the ...

A 65-year-old woman reportedly died after falling from a 60-foot cliff on the Alum Cave Trail at Great Smoky Mountains ...

A flight crew with the Tennessee Army National Guard rescued a Great Smoky Mountains National Park hiker "suffering from severe cold-weather injuries" on Feb. 24. The national park received several ...

A woman died after falling from a cliff on Alum Cave Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Here's what we know.

A 65-year-old woman is dead after a fall from a 60-foot cliff in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That was March 28 ...