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NPS photo. Overflow hiker parking along Newfound Gap Road near the Alum Cave Trailhead on 7/11/20 Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the second busiest year on record in 2020. In spite of a 46-day, full park closure this spring and partial closures through August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

State Department of Health official on Monday announced that COVID-19 visitation restrictions at nursing homes and long-term care facilities across the state that have been in place in various forms since the start of the pandemic could end as soon as this weekend. Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said …