Knoxville News-Sentinel – The Sinks, where the water crashes and growls before settling into a serene, enticing Little River flow, is getting an extreme makeover. For those who want concrete evidence – literally – of where their federal stimulus money is going, here is a chunk of it. READ FULL STORY
WBIR-TV – Knoxville Troutfest 2010 attracted lots of tourists to Townsend and netted tens of thousands of dollars this weekend for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “We doubled the number of vendors compared to last year’s Troutfest,” said Byron Begley, chairman of Troutfest 2010. “We don’t have all the numbers in right now, but
Asheville Citizen-Times – A park visitor sustained a minor injury when he was bitten on the foot by a black bear while hiking the popular Laurel Falls Trail in the national park. In his effort to photograph the bear, the visitor allowed it to approach within inches and the bear bit the man’s foot, leaving
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER Sometimes the right person is in the right place at the right time. So it was when Springfield’s Jeff Blevins went to the Smoky Mountains recently. Jeff and his wife, Melodee, were hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. They had been there before
Smoky Mountain News – 5/12/10 – As Al Harper watched the national recession undermine ticket sales at Ghost Town amusement park over the past two years, he faced a tough choice: pump more money into the faltering theme park or throw in the towel? Walking away would mean losing the millions he already invested. But
PR Log (Press Release) – May 12, 2010 – The new Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. has welcomed 50,000 “passengers” in its first 21 days of operation. “What we have created is special in so many ways,” said John Joslyn, co-owner of the Titanic Museum Attraction. “It is truly a museum – with
More species of plants are present in the Great Smokies than anywhere else in North America. There are over 1,500 species of of flowering plants and fungi and 130 species of trees (almost as much as in all of Europe). Meanwhile over 60 species of mammals, close to 70 species of fish and around 80
(Associated Press) A hiker has died on a backpacking trek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A news release from the National Park Service identified the fatality as 26-year-old Ross Sabin Enderle of Pontiac. Enderle was on a two-night backpacking trip with his brother, Ryan, and two friends. When they tried to awaken him
One of my favorite Autumn shots taken last October on the Porters Creek Trail in the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains.
By Eric Morath – Wall St. Journal A buyer has stepped forward to prevent a Smoky Mountains theme park from turning into its namesake, Ghost Town in the Sky. Read Full Story
