Parson Branch News Today

Crews this weekend a battled a 30-acre wildfire near Highway 129, which is known as the Tail of the Dragon.

For the first time in six years, Parson Branch Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open to the public. Park officials held a ribbon-cut...

The seasonally opened road is generally open from April to November annually. The road will close for the season on November 13, officials said.