On Friday night, tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Gatlinburg, Tennessee for its annual Christmas parade. Some ...

It was claws for a Christmas celebration. A seemingly unfazed black bear crashed a Christmas parade route in Tennessee, ...

Bears in Gatlinburg are more visible due to social media, but city efforts to bear-proof dumpsters have reduced bear interactions.

While the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant employees were busy barbecuing, boiling, broiling and baking shrimp, wildlife officials were on the roof of the establishment trying to safely tranquilize and ...

G ATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) - Thousands of people were on hand in Gatlinburg Friday night for the 50th annual Fantasy of Lights ...

During spring and summer, it's not uncommon to see a bear in Gatlinburg. Not just up in the Great Smoky Mountains, but on the city streets and sidewalks as well. Bears have been spotted frequently in ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains said Tuesday that three trails and a campsite were closed for bear activity, after rangers received a report that a bear encountered hikers on Aug. 11.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Move over Chainsaw Bear, it's Parkour Bear's time in the spotlight. Black bears are obviously no strangers to Gatlinburg since the Great Smoky Mountains surrounding the city are ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! became Ripley's Bear-lieve It or Not! on Nov. 21 after a black bear was spotted on a Gatlinburg ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Following an online video showing a black bear getting dangerously close to people outside a Gatlinburg hotel, wildlife officials intend to euthanize the bear if it is ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reminding visitors about how to stay safe and avoid negative interactions with black bears as they prepare for winter. While bear ...