Archives for April 7, 2011

Gatlinburg wastewater treatment leakage halted

Contaminated water from the Gatlinburg wastewater treatment plant is no longer flowing into the Little Pigeon River. Last night at around 7:30 p.m. wastewater treatment was restored and sewage is no longer heading for the Little Pigeon River. Following the early morning of April 5 rainfall across the South, two Veolia Water North America employees, […]

New Oconoluftee visitor center opens near Cherokee

The new Oconoluftee visitor center opened on April 1, and in 24 hours it already had 4000 visitors. The center is the most popular gateway to the Smoky Mountains National Park from North Carolina and around 39 percent of the parks traffic goes through this park entrance. The visitor center is the first new visitor […]