/tags/smokies Smokies en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:08:48 GMT /news/2022-06-20/researchers-hope-great-smoky-mountains-fireflies-will-aid-robot-communication Semi-autonomous robots communicating with flashes of infrared light could be used to locate victims after a natural disaster. Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:08:48 GMT /news/2022-06-20/researchers-hope-great-smoky-mountains-fireflies-will-aid-robot-communication Associated Press /arts-culture/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Hiking through fields and forests has been life changing for Jennifer Pharr Davis. She is a professional hiker and adventurer. At just 21 years old, she… Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:13:25 GMT /arts-culture/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Hiking through fields and forests has been life changing for Jennifer Pharr Davis. She is a professional hiker and adventurer. At just 21 years old, she… Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:13:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-26/why-jennifer-pharr-davis-is-still-hiking-13-000-miles-later Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2014-12-18/the-lost-recordings-of-an-overlooked-banjo-great In the 1930s, the National Park Service sent a man named Joseph Hall to the Great Smoky Mountains to document the life and stories of people who were… Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:14:37 GMT /arts-culture/2014-12-18/the-lost-recordings-of-an-overlooked-banjo-great Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-18/the-lost-recordings-of-an-overlooked-banjo-great In the 1930s, the National Park Service sent a man named Joseph Hall to the Great Smoky Mountains to document the life and stories of people who were… Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:14:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-12-18/the-lost-recordings-of-an-overlooked-banjo-great Anita Rao, Frank Stasio