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Man Dead, Woman Injured after Car Plunges Off Clingmans Dome Road in Smokies

Man Dead, Woman Injured after Car Plunges Off Clingmans Dome Road in Smokies

Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was closed for five hours Monday following a fatal motor vehicle accident. According to park officials, rangers responded to a report of a single-car, motor vehicle accident on Clingmans Dome Road at about 12:30 p.m. on July 15, 2019. The park’s technical Search and Rescue Team, Cherokee Tribal EMS, and Cherokee ...

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Remains Found in Smoky Mountains Identified as Blount County Man

Remains Found in Smoky Mountains Identified as Blount County Man

Officials say the human remains found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this week have been identified. The Knox Country Regional Forensic Center positively identified the remains as 64-year-old David J. Carver, of Blount County, Tenn., through comparison of medical records. David J. Carver, 64 On Monday, July 8, 2019, an off-trail hiker found Carver’s body in an area ...

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Large Sunflower Fields in Bloom for Knoxville Sunflower Festival

Large Sunflower Fields in Bloom for Knoxville Sunflower Festival

See the beauty of the large sunflower fields during the 3rd Sunflower Festival in Knoxville hosted by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Legacy Parks on Saturday. Recognizing the public’s great interest in the large sunflower fields a few years ago, WMA Manager Bill Smith decided it would benefit TWRA and the public to have an event. “The sunflowers draw thousands of ...

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UT, TWRA Offer Public Workshops on Chronic Wasting Disease in Tennessee

UT, TWRA Offer Public Workshops on Chronic Wasting Disease in Tennessee

Chronic Wasting Disease in Tennessee deer is now a reality, and experts with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will hold public workshops to answer questions about the disease and what deer hunters and others should know. Nearly four-dozen interested hunters and landowners turned out for the first meeting in McNairy County on July ...

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Human Remains Found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Human Remains Found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Authorities said on Monday that they are investigating unidentified human remains found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. According to a release from park officials on Monday, July 8, 2019, an off-trail hiker found a human body while hiking off Laurel Creek Road and notified authorities. Searchers responded and found the unidentified human remains, which appear to be several months ...

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Motorcyclist Killed in Smokies Multi-Vehicle Accident

Motorcyclist Killed in Multi-Vehicle Accident in Smokies

A Louisiana man died Thursday after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into two other vehicles on Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rangers responded to a report of a motorcycle collision on Newfound Gap Road approximately 12 miles north of Cherokee, NC. about noon on Thursday, July 4, 2019. Cherokee Indian Police Department Officers, Cherokee ...

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TWRA: Child Struck by Boat Propeller on Douglas Lake

TWRA: Child Struck by Boat Propeller On Douglas Lake

A four-year-old child was seriously injured after being struck by a boat propeller during a boating incident on Douglas Lake Sunday afternoon. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Bill Thomas Wardlow Jr., 44, of Sevierville, was swimming near points 12 and 13 with three children under eight years old at about 3 p.m. on June 30, 2019. The wind ...

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Pet Foods Potentially Linked to Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats

Pet Foods Potentially Linked to Heart Disease in Dogs and Cats

Federal regulators continue to investigate an increase of dilated cardiomyopathy cases in dogs and cats fed pet foods containing peas, lentils and potatoes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an investigation in July 2018 after increased reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy occurring in dog breeds not typically genetically prone to the disease. Dogs in those reports had been fed ...

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