Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Officials in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed several trails and backcountry campsites after a bear encounter that left a teenager hurt. A ...

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – Trails and backcountry campsites in the Hazel Creek area of the Smokies reopened Thursday to hikers and campers. The area had been closed since June 6 following a ...

(WBIR) Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened the Hazel Creek backcountry area on Thursday, more than three weeks after a bear attack. A teenager from Ohio was injured on June ...

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (WATE) — UPDATE: The human remains found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Friday afternoon have been identified Patrick Madura, 43, of Elgin, Illinois. An autopsy was ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed several trails and backcountry campsites after a 16-year-old boy was attacked by a black bear in the Hazel Creek section of ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed several trails and backcountry campsites after a 16-year-old boy was attacked by a black bear in the Hazel Creek section of the ...