The cuts targeted federal employees across all departments with “probationary status” because they have been hired in the past year. Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the ...

The Great Smoky Mountains are not just the setting for the annual writers conference, but a key feature with a focus on ...

Were any Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers among ... Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the bargaining rights of career employees to appeal their terminations ...

Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.

Roughly 1,000 NPS workers were laid off as part of the Trump Administration's push to trim the federal workforce. Here’s what ...

About three years after the Calder Fire damaged parts of Sierra-at-Tahoe, the ski resort is making a comeback.

Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...

Francis told WVLT News the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has lost 20% of its work force in 15 years, despite seeing the park grow to welcoming in nearly 14 million people a year. He added morale ...

Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are ...

Walland, Tennessee Nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, Blackberry Mountain in Walland, Tennessee, is a haven ...