Park to host star-gazing event at Cades Cove

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society, will offer a 2 ½-hour stargazing program in Cades Cove on Saturday, Sept. 27 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Experienced astronomers and numerous telescopes will be...

Thank you to Yogi Crowe Scholarship 

  I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Richard “Yogi” Crowe Memorial Scholarship Fund for their assistance with my educational funding. After graduating from Stanford University in 2013, I served an internship in Washington, D.C. with...

Sydney Marie Jackson – obituary

  Sydney Marie Jackson, 21, of the Jackson Branch Community in Robbinsville, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2014. She was born in Jackson County and was the daughter of Leland and Jeannie Jackson Welch of Robbinsville. She was preceded in death by her...