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 ...

News reporter Dominic Webster joins the 11 p.m. live from Tellico Plains where a large wildfire is forcing some people to evacuate and showing no signs of slowing down. Another fire in the Coker Creek ...

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 ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 75 °F (23.9 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 16 mph (11.3 to 25.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 13 mph (6.4 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be ...

Wildfires have once again overtaken portions of East Tennessee. Local fire departments and the Tennessee National Guard are fighting several wildfires in Sevier County, near Gatlinburg, as well as ...

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: Rafter Road Lake ...

It was no easy week for the Hiwassee Dam baseball team, as the Eagles lost a home-and-home series against Hayesville, and also lost to Tellico Plains, Tenn. In their first game of the wee ...

Bledsoe County and Tellico Plains will face off on Saturday, March 1 at 7 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school ...

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 ...