Knoxville

Snake encounter triggers rescue mission

Marshall McClung
Friday, June 14, 2024
Slickrock – Graham County Rescue Squad members were dispatched around 8:25 p.m., Saturday, in response to a 911 call about a hiker having difficulties. A group of seven individuals – who were members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, from the Knoxville area – had left Big Fat Gap around 10:30 a.m.
Knoxville resident Bryan Hill (center) – the son of Graham County’s Keith and Karen Hill – recently joined an expedition to tame Mount Everest – a successful endeavor.

Knoxville resident Bryan Hill (center) – the son of Graham County’s Keith and Karen Hill – recently joined an expedition to tame Mount Everest – a successful endeavor.

Sightless Summits

Latresa Phillips
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Faith is a substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen. It can move mountains and in May 2023, faith led a blind man to the peak of Mount Everest.
Tory Lynnes (left) and Brent Eller faced hazardous weather conditions to rescue a young woman from the Joyce Kilmer Forest last week. Photo courtesy of Kim Hainge

Tory Lynnes (left) and Brent Eller faced hazardous weather conditions to rescue a young woman from the Joyce Kilmer Forest last week. Photo courtesy of Kim Hainge

Weather braved to rescue hiker

Marshall McClung
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Santeetlah – Graham County Rescue Squad members Tory Lynnes and Brent Eller faced some extreme weather in the high mountains of Graham County between the late-night hours of Jan. 24-25, to reach a hiker in the Joyce Kilmer Forest. Graham County 911 received a call from a mother around 6:45 p.m.

Carol Stewart Knaffl

News Staff
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Carol Stewart Knaffl of Knoxville, Tenn. went home to be with Jesus on Monday, April 26, 2021 after an extended illness.  She is the daughter of the late Rev. Gurley and Margie Eller Stewart of Robbinsville.