by: Naomi Hillmer Posted: Nov 3, 2025 / 05:49 PM EST Updated: Nov 3, 2025 / 06:36 PM EST PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — While you may have just finished packing away your Halloween costumes, or are starting to plan for Thanksgiving, Christmas is just around the corner, and Dollywood is getting into the holiday spirit.   Starting November 1 and lasting until January […]

by: Hannah Moore Posted: Sep 16, 2025 / 04:18 PM EDT Updated: Sep 16, 2025 / 11:51 PM EDT GALINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — For those looking to catch sight of an elk in the Smokies, the annual elk breeding season is underway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Elk gather in mixed herds during mating season from […]

by: Hope McAlee Posted: Sep 17, 2025 / 02:59 PM EDT Updated: Sep 17, 2025 / 04:26 PM EDT GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is urging visitors to stop stacking and moving rocks after an eastern hellbender was found crushed. The park shared that the crushed hellbender, which is part of the largest species of […]