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Smokies swimming pool reopens
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The Sinks is once again open for swimmers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular swimming area on the Little River has been closed since January for reconstruction...Park spokeswoman Nancy Gray said the $1.1 million project added
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Elk herd doing well in Smokies
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The elk herd in the Smokies is doing well and biologists want to relax their management practices. Officials of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park seek public comment on moving from an experiment to a long-term management strategy...Smokies
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Friends of the Smokies raise $183,000
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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The Friends of the Smokies says the group's specialty Tennessee license plate raised more than $183,000 in the first half of this year. The group has an annual goal of raising $1 million for the park. It says it has raised more than $30 million since
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Arts school rules out move to Knoxville
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg has ruled out a move to the Knoxville area. The organization's governing board now must decide whether to remain in Gatlinburg or relocate to Greeneville, Tenn. Its lease to stay in the Smoky
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Hiking discouraged in part of Smokies
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are discouraging hikers from using the Elkmont trails through the end of August. They cited the repaving of all connecting roads to the popular trails, and limited parking...A news release from the
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New law allows moonshine to once again flow from the hills of Tennessee
Louisville :: AL :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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download.gannett.edgesuite.net/wbir/brightcove/29913744001/29913744001_90746638001_th-90744702001.jpg?pubId=29913744001 Gatlinburg distillery will sell Moonshine Ole Smoky Mountain Distillery in Gatlinburg to open July 2, to sell Moonshine legally
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Smokies prepares for flashing bugs
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Tenn. (AP) — The synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are just trying to attract each other, but their coordinated flashes of light get a lot of human attention as well. To accommodate the crowds of
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Smokies road construction goes longer than planned
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Tenn. (AP) Some road construction in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will continue deeper into the summer tourist season because of a severe winter and contract delays. A news release from the National Park Service says Clingman's Dome Road
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TN tea party groups rally in Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg :: TN :: USA | 3 years ago
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One of the first speakers at a convention of Tennessee tea party groups on Saturday asked those attending how they feel about being portrayed as "the bad guy" of American politics. "It feels good!" several audience members shouted. More than 200
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Tenn. tea party won't drop speaker for Islam views
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 3 years ago
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Tenn. (AP) — Tea party organizers will not drop a speaker from a Tennessee convention this weekend despite calls from a national Muslim rights group that considers her anti-Islamic. The Council on American-Islamic Relations had
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