A fresh face hopes to give the Gatlinburg rebuilding efforts a lift a year after the wildfires. Barbara Joines has only been on the job as executive director of the Mountain Tough Recovery Team for a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Viewer Nate Presley shared this video of a song written by his father, Randy Presley. He begins by sharing some of the inspiration behind the song. “I’d like to introduce ...

GATLINBURG (WATE) – Janice Hendrix has stepped down from her role as the executive director of Mountain Tough Recovery Team. The organization says Jeff Conyers, who currently serves on the board of ...

From the Italian Alps to the North American Appalachians, mountain dog breeds have been braving tough and highly elevated elements for thousands of years. Some, like Caucasian Shepherd Dogs, evolved ...

Long-time Sevier County tourism leader and volunteer, Barbara Joines, will start as executive director on Oct. 30. Back in July, the former executive director Janice Hendrix stepped down immediately ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Representatives from the Mountain Tough Recovery Team (MTRT), the Appalachia Service Project (ASP), and various community leaders today broke ground on the first ...

Mountain Tough, the nonprofit founded to distribute aid to victims of the November 2016 Sevier County wildfires, will close its doors in December, officials said Monday. The shutdown will come just ...

The first time I wore the NNormal Kjerag 2.0, I hiked straight into the Holy Cross Wilderness on a mission to reach a string of alpine lakes with no trail leading the way. Within minutes, I was ...