KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Holiday lights are returning to The Cove and Concord Park this season, free to the public. Knox County puts on the display each year, offering people a chance to take in ...

and now's your chance to kick off the festivities with a beloved Knoxville tradition! Knox County will host its 26th annual Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park starting next month.

Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular Cades Cove Loop Road will close from the morning of Jan. 20 until noon ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park completed their scheduled prescribed burns in the eastern half of Cades Cove on Monday.