Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the release of the White Oak Road Environmental Assessment.  The assessment analyzes a proposal to issue a right-of-way (ROW) permit to North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) to allow widening of White Oak Road (State Rd. 1338) in Haywood County, NC, where the road crosses National Park Service property near I-40 at the Fines Creek exit.

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Source: National Park Service



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James Rogers is set to perform in at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greenville on February 27.  The Pigeon Forge Entertainer will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.

James won the 1983 Silver Dollar City Search for Entertainment and started performing at Dollywood.  In 1993, he partnered with The Dollywood Company and opened Music Mansion in Pigeon Forge.  His award winning show ran from 1993 until 1998.  Currently Rogers is performing a one man show at Dollywood.

For ticketing information, call 423-638-1679 or click here to visit Niswonger Performing Arts Center

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Dollywood is unveiling a new attraction in 2010 to help celebrate the 25th anniversity of the amusement park.  Adventure Mountain will be unlike any other theme park attraction.

It will be themed after Civilian Conservation Corps-era architecture in the national park.  Each part of the attraction will have its own unique features including water features, rock ledges and even rope bridges.

For more information on Dollywood’s Adventure Mountain, click here to visit Dollywood.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a settlement has been reached in a dispute begun in 1943 over a proposed 34-mile stretch of road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Under the terms of the agreement signed today by the Department of the Interior, Swain County, North Carolina, and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Department of the Interior will pay up to $52 million into a trust fund established for the County.

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Source: National Park Service



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