Local tourism professionals are working alongside scholars, citizens and history buffs in a movement that is uncovering new stories and raising awareness of Southeast Tennessee’s Cherokee history, a ...

Hundreds of miles of trails snake through mountain balds, valleys, waterfalls and backcountry in more than half a million East Tennessee acres. Centuries ago, the people who lived on that land were ...

A state record paddlefish, which measured more than six feet in length, was caught in Cherokee Lake by a Kingston, Tennessee man. Henry Dyer hooked the huge fish, which weighed 149 pounds and measured ...

A hiker wearing just a T-shirt and shorts had to spend a cold night in a ravine, but Tennessee's National Guard made sure ...

Green Cove Pond reopened on March 1, 2026, after a multi-year closure for major renovations in the Cherokee National Forest. Over 500 cubic yards of sediment were removed, restoring deeper, cooler ...

This story was updated to add new information. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is dropping the name of a Confederate general in favor of its ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, October 15, 2021 (ENS) – Volkswagen of America and The Conservation Fund have completed a multi-year effort to buy, conserve and transfer 1,500 acres of land to the U.S. Forest ...

In the mountains of East Tennessee, the trees can change colour within the space of a day. When I arrived here in the last week of October, the forests still wore the green of late summer, and the sun ...

A congressional bill seeking to return 76 acres of tribal land along the Little Tennessee River to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is making its way through a U.S. House subcommittee with no ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — One of the largest fish in the recorded history of Tennessee was recently reeled in on Cherokee Lake. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said Saturday the record for the ...