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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Results 1 - 20 of 950 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

  1. Cake served up with memoriesRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | News Chief

    ... re-enactor at the Mountain Farm Museum at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "There have been several books published (about Appalachia history) that tell how each guest would bring a cake layer and the ...

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    Related Topix: Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Recipes, Wedding, Recipes

  2. Perdue visiting western NC more than predecessorRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | WLOS

    ... staff cited travel expenses in skipping an April event for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But Perdue did attend September's rededication of the park. ------ Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, ...

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  3. 'Mountain Wave' Winds Described By ResearcherRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Greenville Sun

    ... Service's Morristown office, Gaffin said, "It was found that the Cove Mountain (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) and Camp Creek (in southern Greene County) observation sites reported the fastest winds of all the available data." It is ...

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  4. Perdue visiting western NC more than her predecessor didRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | WTKR-TV Norfolk

    ... staff cited travel expenses in skipping an April event for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But Perdue did attend September's rededication of the park. ___ Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, ...

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  5. Smokies traffic increases after rock slide closes I-40Read the original story

    18 hrs ago | The Tennessean Nashville News

    Scenes such as visitors arriving in the middle of the night or behind the wheel of a loaded U-Haul truck have Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers convinced that the recent spike in traffic isn't entirely intentional.

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  6. Gov. Bev Perdue makes herself at home in Western North CarolinaRead the original story

    Yesterday | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... Perdue did raise eyebrows by skipping an April event marking the 75th anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, leaving Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen as the only gubernatorial attendee at the Governors' Proclamation Ceremony. Her staff ...

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  7. The top 10 stories, No. 10: The Smokies turn 75Read the original story

    Sunday | The Mountaineer Publishing Company

    ... park's 75th anniversary, and the Blue Ridge Parkway will do the same in 2010. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in 1934 and began as an idea in the 1920s. Congress passed a bill in 1926 authorizing the park's creation, provided ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Kay Hagan, US News, Representative Heath Shuler, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US National Parks, US National Parks, Blue Ridge Parkway

  8. Historical events from the decadeRead the original story

    Saturday | The Knoxville News Sentinel

    ... government. A Sevier County teacher out for a hike was fatally mauled by a bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One of the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory scorched at least 32,000 acres in East Tennessee counties. n 2001: ...

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  9. Detoured traffic from Interstate 40 rockslide still surging in SmokiesRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    Scenes such as visitors arriving in the middle of the night or behind the wheel of a loaded U-Haul truck have Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers convinced that the recent spike in traffic isn't entirely intentional.

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    Related Topix: Landslide, Gatlinburg, TN, US Travel, Travel

  10. Winds knock out power for dozens in Sevier CountyRead the original story

    Friday Dec 25 | The Knoxville News Sentinel

    ... up water levels in the Little Pigeon River as leftover snow in higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park melted, but there was no flooding reported by any of Sevier County's law-enforcement agencies. Nearby Blount County had ...

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  11. High winds causes scattered Sevier power outagesRead the original story

    Friday Dec 25 | Knoxville News Sentinel

    ... up water levels in the Little Pigeon River as leftover snow in higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park melted, but there was no flooding reported by any of Sevier County's law enforcement agencies. Nearby Blount County had ...

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  12. Taking the Kids -- And Seeing Some Holiday LightsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | WPMT-TV York

    ... buildings. Dollywood ( www.dollywood.com ) in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., just a few miles from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, draws 300,000 people to their annual Smoky Mountain Christmas Spectacular, many returning for the lights (they begin ...

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    Related Topix: Pigeon Forge, TN, Life, Holidays, Christmas, US National Parks, Dolly Parton, Country, Travel

  13. Official says traffic rate in Smokies takes a hikeRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 24 | Knoxville News Sentinel

    Traffic climbs U.S. Highway 441 on Thursday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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  14. U.S. 64 closure in Tenn. to continueRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | The Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... is blocked in northern Haywood County, N.C., because of a slide there, U.S. 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park is often closed because of snow and U.S. 129 on the park's southwestern edge is so windy that it has become something of a ...

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  15. TuesdayRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... the problem. Click here for all recent updates>> Headlines Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has reopened four days after being closed because of heavy snow. More Serena Williams named female athlete of the year Playing ...

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  16. High winds expected through Christmas dayRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Daily Times

    ... Weather Service has issued a high wind watch for northwest Blount County and The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong and damaging winds are expected to develop across the mountains of East Tennessee and their adjacent foothills beginning ...

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  17. Knoxville man collapses on trailRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Daily Times

    ... Summary An 84-year-old Knoxville man had to be carried off the Middle Prong Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after collapsing Tuesday. Share

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  18. Fishing reportRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    For Great Smoky Mountains National Park streams, suggested hatch patterns are No.

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  19. Should national parks be marketed like Disney?Read the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... on Baxter Creek Trail? Sign up for your Smokies fitness classes now. "Learn about a Great Smoky Mountains National Park vacation from a very special panel of advisers - everyday hikers and visitors who've been to the park often." A month before: ...

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  20. Local Hiker Dies in TennesseeRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | WMAR

    A Howard County neighborhood is in shock after the death of a woman in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

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