Mom dies after saving son from falling tree in National Park
Falling trees caused 18 fatalities of wildland firefighters between 1990 and 2014 but it’s not supposed to happen to visitors in National Parks. While a family was hiking on a trail in Great Smoky...
View ArticleDolly Parton’s foundation gives $200,000 to fire departments affected by 2016...
About 48 hours after the Chimney Tops 2 Fire spread from Great Smoky Mountains National Park into Gatlinburg, Tennessee November 28, 2016 burning 2,400 structures and 17,000 acres, country music artist...
View ArticleLittle Tujunga Hotshots spotted in Tennessee
The Little Tujunga Hotshots are about 2,000 miles away from their southern California home on the Angeles National Forest. The crew is staged on the Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee due to...
View ArticleMore than 40 insurance companies sue government over fire that burned into...
More than 40 insurance companies are suing the federal government for $450 million over how the fire that burned into Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 2016 was handled, the Knox News is reporting. Five days...
View ArticleSeven National Park Service employees tested positive for coronavirus
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