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 ...

America's most popular whitewater rafting river should continue to gain visitors and economic growth now that an agreement has been reached with rafters, utility and government officials for the use ...

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 ...

The rushing rapids of the Ocoee River draw thousands of people every season, but for years the future of the river was as turbulent as the water itself. Now, lawmakers have brokered a compromise to ...

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 ...

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) – The Tennessee Valley Authority works to keep our lights on, prevent areas from flooding, and ensure the Ocoee River is primed for white water rafting. A 15-year agreement ...

The Ocoee River is officially the most visited whitewater river in the United States with 229,542 visitors in 2012, according to research results announced today by tourism officials in Chattanooga.

A 23-year-old rafting guide drowned Saturday on the Ocoee River while trying to rescue some passengers. Stan Guy had grown up on the Ocoee and was a guide for the Sunburst Rafting Company in Benton.

There are few places in the country where average Joes and Janes can play Olympian for a day, but Tennessee’s Ocoee River is one of them. This waterway hosted the whitewater events for the 1996 ...