GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The City of Gatlinburg has sworn in its new Fire Chief David Grey and promoted Lieutenant Kandra McCarter. The swearing-in ceremony for Gray and McCarter was held Monday ...

Before becoming Gatlinburg’s chief, Gray spent time as assistant fire chief and a paramedic for the Knoxville Fire Department.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Gatlinburg Fire Department Chief Charlie Cole will retire in early 2026 after nearly 40 years of working as a first responder in the city. In 2018, Cole became the seventh ...

East Tennessee was full of smoke in the fall of 2016 when I came to Knoxville. The mountains you can so often see in the distance were masked by a layer of smog for months from wildfires in the region ...