POLK COUNTY, TN (WRCB) - Rescue teams have found seven hikers who were believed to have disappeared near Jacks River Falls in western Polk, Murray and Fannin Counties near the Tennessee state line.

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. - First responders in North Georgia have rescued a woman who was hurt while hiking in the Cohutta Wilderness. The rescue happened Friday afternoon on the Beach Bottom Trail in ...

COHUTTA WILDERNESS, GA -- Firefighters in north Georgia say despite an absence of rainfall, the largest of the area’s wildfires may be close to burning itself out. The Cohutta Wilderness fire has sent ...

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — A hike took a terrifying turn when a woman was hurt in the middle of the Cohutta Wilderness near Jack’s River Falls with no easy way out on Friday afternoon. The Fannin County ...

A hiker who was stuck in an “extremely remote and rugged” part of the North Georgia mountains was rescued Sunday, officials said. The 30-year-old injured his ankle in the Cohutta Wilderness Area of ...

A tree fell at a campsite at Panther Creek Falls in the Cohutta Wilderness, trapping four campers. The incident involved a multi-agency response with 23 emergency personnel, including fire, EMS, law ...

Backpacking always has challenges. After all, everything that is needed has to be carried, and the balance between necessity and weight is a tough one. When backpacking the Jacks River Trail in the ...

The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." This designation is the highest ...