Outdoors
GSMNP to improve Gatlinburg entrance
Great Smoky Mountains National Park received approximately $11 million in funding from the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund to rehabilitate a two-mile section of Newfound Gap Road near Gatlinburg. The rehabilitation project will include single-lane closures.
Jackson hosts youth tennis lessons
Youth Tennis Lessons at Mark Watson Park in Sylva will begin on May 4.
Disaster relief available due to drought
Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack declared a natural disaster in North Carolina based on losses caused by drought that occurred beginning Nov. 1, 2023, and continuing.
Mill Town Market back for second year at Sorrells Street Park
The season for farmers markets, with all their fresh produce, local vendors and community engagement, is right around the corner, and in Canton, the Mill Town Market is embarking on its second year at Sorrells Street Park.
Festival of the Peonies in Bloom begins
Wildcat Ridge Farm is welcoming visitors throughout May to enjoy the peonies in bloom.
American Sign Language Day programs offered at Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s “Signs of Spring” event celebrating National American Sign Language Day will be back for the second year in Cades Cove on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Green Built Alliance announces annual Earth Day 5K
The nonprofit Green Built Alliance will host the second-annual Earth Day 5K, presented by Pine Gate Renewables on April 20.
Parking fees generate $10 million
In the first year since Great Smoky Mountains National Park launched the Park it Forward program, the fee has generated over $10 million in revenue, which includes parking tag sales and camping fees.
Lakeview Drive road project to conclude
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund, will finish the approximate $15.7 million repair and rehabilitation of Lakeview Drive that started last year.