Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopening roads, visitor centers

Here's when Newfound Gap Road and other streets through the Smokies are closed to traffic this weekend due to snow, ice and damaging winds.
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‘I was so excited’ Great Smoky Mountains National Park fully reopens

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) —Full operations have now resumed at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday morning, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown. This comes after a ...
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Visitors left disappointed as shutdown impacts Great Smoky Mountains National Park

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The federal government shutdown is affecting East Tennessee’s biggest tourism draw. Several areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be inaccessible to the ...
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$750k donation ensures Smokies visitors can explore historic buildings long into the future

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — A $750,000 donation from the Boyd Foundation is enough for Friends of the Smokies to complete their $9 million ‘Forever Places Endowment’. 6 News learned more about what this ...
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Visitors react to the first day of the government shutdown at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — We are on the first day of a federal government shutdown with no end in sight. Thousands of workers are out of a job, or they aren't seeing a paycheck. And national ...