Park welcomes record number of visitors in 2017

  For the second year in a row, Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over 11 million visitors. In 2017, a record 11,338,894 people visited the national park, which is a slight increase, 0.2 percent, over 2016. The park continued to see the highest...

William “Bill” Jackson Haigler – obituary

  William “Bill” Jackson Haigler, 71, of Cherokee, passed away Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 at Valley View Nursing Center in Andrews. He is survived by his wife, Shirley McMahan Haigler; brothers, Larry Haigler (wife Melba), Frank Haigler, Tommy Haigler (wife Rose...