WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 28 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * A Path Forward for Linville Falls After Hurricane Helene * As the National Park Service (NPS) advances recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene, VHB has started work at Linville Falls along the Blue Ridge Parkway, helping evaluate solutions that will restore d  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 27 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Dolly Parton's Georgia Connection - and the Literacy Fight She Leaves Behind * In case you've driven through Georgia recently and wondered why the flags were at half-staff, they're in honor of Dolly Parton. While Dolly -"Mrs. Parton" feels like something better reserved for the pages of the New York Times -was most associated with the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, she married her   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Great Smoky Mountains National Park Invites Public Review of Floodplain Statement of Findings for Oconaluftee River Trail Improvements Gatlinburg, Tenn. -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues planning for future improvements to the Oconaluftee River Trail. As part of this planning process the park is inviting public review of the Oconaluftee Rive  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Great Smoky Mountains National Park intends to carry out the disposition of 164 unassociated funerary objects to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, which have priority for disposition under the notice. The cultural items include a large chert blade, 148 lithic flakes, a small mammal radius, five pottery sherds, a ground stone, six ceramic dau  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Herbert Professor's Research Appears in National Geographic Magazine * Entomologist tracks how blow flies could be used to detect pathogens in the wild KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - National Geographic magazine featured the work of University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture entomologist Charity Owings, who studies how blow flies could be used to detect pathogens harming   more