when just enough of a north wind ushered out a smoky haze, cloud cover abated to just right, and the curtain rose on a shadowy dreamscape canvas of stars, mountains, conifers and water.

Hastings bought a controlling interest in Powder Mountain, a ski area with about 8,000 skiable acres, 18 months ago. He’s aiming to turn around the area’s fortunes with the allure of a private ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Federal layoffs are putting thousands of people out of a job across the country, including some in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For national parks, roughly 800 ...

US 441/Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee remains closed to all traffic March 5 because of high winds, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The major road through the ...

The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of Shandong, was first constructed in around 800 B.C. At that time, it was about 33 feet (10 meters) wide. But it was ...

We took the long way home, starting in the farmlands of Vermont and making out-of-the-way pitstops for hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains of ... giant art installations, and donuts.