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The National Park Service (NPS) says parts of the Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) will reopen by noon on Friday, April 4. The area was closed after sustaining ...
On top of some natural snowfall, the Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley has been pumping out snow in preparation for opening for the season on Saturday. This is the time of year when revenue ...
Plans are still on for the annual Cataloochee Reunion at Palmer’s Chapel this August, a gathering of descendants of those who once lived in this portion of the Great Smoky ...
Six months after hurricane floods tore through Tennessee and North Carolina, historic Cataloochee Valley sites will welcome back visitors.
NPS said portions of Cataloochee Valley will reopen to the public on Friday, April 4. The area has been closed since September 2024 after the remnants of Hurricane Helene significantly damaged ...
Jim Matheny with Friends of the Smokies gives us a tour of the damage in Cataloochee Valley, along with a rundown of what's open, what's closed, and what will be ...
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WATE) — The National Park Service plans to reopen parts of Cataloochee Valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Friday. “Within the park ...
Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the whiskey-making campus receded. But executives say the painstaking task of inspecting ...
Parts of Cataloochee Valley, the hardest-hit part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will open soon, months after Helene’s storms.
Each year, their descendants return to reconnect. Hemmed in by high peaks, Cataloochee is not an easy place to reach. The Cherokee who hunted and fished in the remote valley in North Carolina gave it ...
Trails and some roads in Cataloochee Valley, which is on the North Carolina side of the park, will welcome visitors back April 4, the National Park Service announced. Cataloochee has been closed ...