Monroe County Emergency Services said Tuesday that several fire departments responded to at least two wildfires in the Tellico Plains area. At the height of the fires last night, ...

After more than a year, a popular waterfall that brought travelers to the Tellico Plains area has been closed as crews worked on a new bridge. Bald River Falls is preparing to reopen soon, bringing ...

Things are slowly getting back to normal in one east Tennessee county after a stressful 24 hours.As of Wednesday evening, ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — All evacuation orders have been lifted for Monroe County after crews were able to contain a wildfire near Tellico Plains. Wednesday morning, Monroe County Mayor ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. — Update (1:30 p.m.): All evacuation orders have been lifted as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Monroe County officials. While fire crews have controlled the fires ...

EMA officials said that people from 70 homes were evacuated. “Several structures have been impacted by the wildfires, but we are grateful to report that there is no loss of life at this time,” Monroe ...

Tellico Plains and Tyner will match up on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS ...

Local fire departments and the Tennessee National Guard are fighting several wildfires in Sevier County, near Gatlinburg, as well as near Tellico Plains in Monroe County and Mountain City.

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Several areas have been asked to evacuate after a wildfire has spread across 50 acres in Tellico Plains. The areas being asked to evacuate include: According to Monroe ...