No ticket needed to ride the Loop

Carol EvansOur Town Outdoors

Enjoy vehicle-free hiking or biking the Cades Coves Loop Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park every Wednesday through September 1, from sunrise to sunset. The park will continue …

Enjoy a stroll through Clayton Park

Beth KinnaneOur Town Outdoors

According to Carol Evans, executive director of the Legacy Parks Foundation, Clayton Park is on the list as a potential Beaver Creek put-in for kayaks and canoes on the developing …

Bill Keeler: Gone to the birds

Beth KinnaneOur Town Neighbors

It wasn’t exactly a road trip. Wasn’t exactly a typical mission trip either. It also wasn’t just one trip. But a little over 15 years ago, Bill Keeler was subtly …