The following is a list of upcoming events to be hosted by The Haywood Waterways Association.

CULLOWHEE – An outdoor economy initiative at Western Carolina University has been selected as a finalist in the University Economic Development Association’s 2019 Awards of Excellence competition.

For those who yearn to know more about Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a group setting, Great Smoky Mountains Association’s Branch Out programming is designed especially for you.

Sarah Jane Hatfield, a former graphic designer at The Mountaineer, has embarked on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. During her journey, she’ll be sending dispatches from the forest, which we’ll publish each Wednesday.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park recently installed webcams at Newfound Gap and Clingmans Dome, providing visitors with near real-time access to weather conditions and views from the highest elevations in the park. The public can access images taken every 15 minutes, along with hourly inf…

Don West, a resident of Trophy Club, Texas, hit a hole-in-one on Springdale Golf Course at Cold Mountain on Saturday, Aug. 24.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the main access roads into Cades Cove and Cataloochee will be closed for several months this winter for road construction projects.

Sarah Jane Hatfield, a former graphic designer at The Mountaineer, has embarked on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. During her journey, she’ll be sending dispatches from the forest, which we’ll publish each Wednesday.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers during the fall season to help manage elk viewing opportunities in the Oconaluftee and Cataloochee areas of the park. Volunteers are needed to work through mid-November for one, four-hour shift per week in the late afternoons.