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 ...

Let’s take you back in time to the early 1800s and tell you the story of the Cherokee man who could not read or write. Yet he ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...