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Tennessee State Parks

Floods may have damaged 800-year-old Native American cave art in Clarksville

Derek Operle

February 28, 2025

Dunbar Cave State Park announced that floodwaters had “completely submerged” the cave art, something park manager David Britton said had “never happened before.” Archeologists are examining potential impacts to the cave drawings and bracing for the worst.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, clarksville, Dunbar Cave State Park, Tennessee State Parks

NashVillager Podcast: April 5, 2024

Tony Gonzalez

April 5, 2024

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How did “Roosevelt’s Tree Army” pave the way for our state parks?

Filed Under: Environment, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, country music, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee State Parks

YMCA May Begin Opening Outdoor Pools In Mid-June

Blake Farmer

May 20, 2020

YMCA Middle Tennessee

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee plans to begin opening outdoor pools in mid-June. It’s one of the largest operators of pools in the region, with 60 pools and water features across more than a dozen sites.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Metro Parks, pools, Tennessee State Parks, YMCA

Need A Place That’s Still Open? Try Your Local Tennessee State Park.

WPLN Staff

March 18, 2020

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There’s lots of room to spread out at the 56 state parks within Tennessee. That’s the message from the Tennessee State Parks system during the coronavirus update.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Tennessee State Parks

Haslam Administration No Longer Plans To Outsource Popular Inn At Fall Creek Falls

Chas Sisk

August 24, 2017

Listen Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration is pulling the plug on one of its most high-profile outsourcing efforts. After years of study and false starts, officials say they’ll no longer try to turn the popular Inn at Fall Creek Falls over to a private operator. Instead, the Haslam administration plans to rebuild the hotel — part […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: outsourcing, Tennessee State Parks

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