GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – A portion of the Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reopening this week for the first time since last year’s devastating wildfires. The entire ...

Things seem so still this fall. It’s been unusually warm, but not too dry. We’ve had some storm remnants from Irma and Nate. They blew down trees and knocked off some leaves, and then moved on.

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Aug. 31, 2017. It has been updated to include the city of Gatlinburg and Sevier County officials' response to the report. You can read the ...

Rangers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have a new warning for hikers on the Chimney Tops trail who may be ignoring posted signs about the dangers along the trail that burned in the ...

GATLINBURG (WATE/WJHL) – Gregg Isaacs, an attorney representing John Doe # 2, said an investigation of the Chimney Tops II fire revealed that it did not cause the Gatlinburg Wildfires in November 2016 ...

GATLINBURG (WATE) – A team of fire experts is coming together in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to conduct a review of the Chimney Tops 2 fire that resulted in 14 deaths and nearly a billion ...

It was late November 2016 when a pair of teens climbed the Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and started a fire that burned for days. Because of the elevation and ...

The black-charred Chimney Tops poked poignantly into the bright blue sky last Saturday, our first day back into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after the biblical blaze that flew off the ...