Thousands of people enter a lottery each year. Not for $1 million, but for a brief chance see fireflies mate at night. What’s all the fuss about?

There are so many things to do at Wilderness at the Smokies besides enjoying the water park. While the water park is ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fuels scientific discovery with the park’s unique geology, topography and meteorology.

Cleaning English ivy along the North Ridge Trail; viewing synchronous fireflies on June 8, and more activities are planned.

That’s Marble Fox Brewing Company in Nashville, Tennessee for you – a place where craft brews and killer root beer collide in the most magnificent way. The unassuming white exterior of Marble Fox ...

A lot of them will head toward the nation’s wilderness areas—110 million acres, mostly in the West, that are protected by the strictest federal conservation rules. When Congress passed the ...

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The person inside the furry, lovable mascot version of Smokey has finally been revealed by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The student identities of the bluetick coonhound mascot have ...

The person inside the furry, lovable mascot version of Smokey has finally been revealed by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The student identities of the bluetick coonhound mascot have been ...

KNOXVILLE — It’s not a proper rivalry unless both sides are winning, right? This time last season, Tennessee baseball’s winning streak over Vanderbilt had reached nine games, confirming how ...

At Wilderness, there’s a good chance you’ll find just that. Their 2025 lineup boasts a huge array of up-and-coming talent, many of which The Independent’s culture team have been raving about ...

Knoxville has had some sort of minor league baseball team since at least 1896, but the Smokies relocated to Kodak in 2000 before returning to Knoxville in 2025. The team was renamed the Tennessee ...