The whitewater rafting season is officially underway on the Ocoee River, with a big celebration for an agreement that will keep the river running for years to come. More than 5 million rafters have ...

DUCKTOWN, Tenn. - While authorities continue to seek the cause of the April fire that burned Polk County, Tennessee's iconic Ocoee Whitewater Center to the ground, officials with the Ocoee River's ...

The America Outdoors Association ranked the Ocoee River, near Chattanooga, as the most popular whitewater rafting river in the country. The Pigeon River, in Cocke County near the Great Smoky Mountains ...

BENTON, Tenn. — The children’s eyes give it all away. They show some apprehension but mainly unbridled excitement as they sit down in inflatable rafts that will take them to the river. Soon they’ll be ...

Whitewater recreation on the Ocoee River is set to continue well into the future under a new partnership between the Ocoee River Outfitter Association, State of Tennessee, US Forest Service and the ...

A long debate about the future of whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River has been settled. The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Wednesday that a partnership has been formed among the Ocoee River ...

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Shawn Malone navigates down the Upper Ocoee during the second annual Ocoee River Championships Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 in Copperhill, Tennessee. The Ocoee River ...

Question: I want to know about rafting the Ocoee River in Ducktown, Tennessee. I’m looking for rafting companies, places to stay and tourist attractions. Thanks. Adventure Adviser: The Ocoee offers ...

The Ocoee River is open for business. Federal, state, and local officials joined Ocoee River outfitters to hold a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Monday to kick off the whitewater rafting season and ...

It's an exhilarating adrenaline rush: floating on a raft with a group of thrill seekers, rounding a river's bend and spotting churning whitewater rapids ahead. The thrills of navigating boulder-strewn ...

The Western North Carolina mountains are dripping with rivers, a smorgasbord for kayaks, canoes, tubes, stand-up paddle boards and rafts. But if you've tackled the usual suspects, including the French ...