GATLINBURG, Tenn. — UPDATE: The National Park Service reopened Rich Mountain Road after a month-long closure to give black bears in the area safe access to forage for necessary natural foods, the park ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are closing Rich Mountain Road in Cades Cove to all traffic. The closure started on Aug. 5, and will continue until further notice. A release from GSMNP ...

GATLINBURG Tenn. (WATE) — Rich Mountain Road in the Cades Cove area has been closed until further notice because of a close encounter between a visitor in their vehicle and a bear. According to ...

Cades Cove will reopen early to visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Initially, crews expected to open the road on Sunday. Park officials said crews finished the $950,000 Bote Mountain ...

The National Park Service closed the Rich Mountain Road in the Cades Cove area as bears have been seen foraging for food. steverts/Getty Images Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed a park ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian National Scenic Trail are mostly open, but ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WZTV) — A popular road in Gatlinburg, Tennessee is closed until further notice after Great Smokey Mountain National Park officials said a visitor encountered a bear in their vehicle ...

Wildfires raging in East Tennessee forced emergency voluntary evacuations overnight in Blount County. The Townsend Area Volunteer Fire Department announced emergency evacuations of homes along Old ...

Just to clarify, visitors can still access Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park amid a major road closure over the next two months, park officials said. But be prepared for a long ...

Knoxville — The body of 30-year-old William Lee Hill Jr. of Louisville, Tennessee, was found Tuesday afternoon two miles north of Cades Cove off Rich Mountain Road, according to a news release from ...