This image depicts an American Black Bear in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed Rich Mountain Road in Cades Cove after a visitor ...

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 ...

The deal to keep the Great Smoky Mountains National Park open has been extended into the new year as the government shutdown ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TENNESSEE, USA — A 2.0 magnitude earthquake was reported near Cades Cove Sunday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. Earthquakes that small are very common in East Tennessee and ...

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 ...