Hikers looking to get off the crowded trails in Tennessee's more popular state and national parks can look for new paths from scenic Tellico Plains down to the Ocoee River in the Cherokee National ...

Tellico Plains is fondly known as "the Little Town with the Big Backyard," thanks to the hundreds of miles of surrounding forests, falls, rivers and picturesque landscapes you're sure to see during a ...

A wildfire in the Tellico Plains area near Cherohala Skyway, threatening a section of the historic Trail of Tears in Monroe County, had grown to approximately 50 acres since it was first spotted ...

Wildfires have once again overtaken portions of East Tennessee. Local fire departments and the Tennessee National Guard are fighting several wildfires in Sevier County, near Gatlinburg, as well as ...

ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (WATE) — Cherohala Skyway, the 43-mile National Scenic Byway and National Forest Scenic Byway that connects Tellico, Plains, Tennessee and Robbinsville, has been closed. The Graham ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — All evacuation orders have been lifted for Monroe County after crews were able to contain a wildfire near Tellico Plains. Wednesday morning, Monroe County Mayor Mitch ...