Polk County, Tn., and Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park welcome visitors to enjoy their premier rivers—the Ocoee River and Hiwassee River Blueway—for the 2022 recreation season. The Middle Ocoee ...

State Rep. Dan Howell, R-Ocoee, who chairs the Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Board (ORRED), is looking at the possibility of adding rafting days on the Ocoee River. House Bill ...

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. — A person died Saturday during a "rafting incident" Saturday on the Ocoee River, according to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Few details were available ...

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 ...

COPPERHILL, Tenn. (WATE) — One year after fire destroyed the Ocoee Whitewater Center in Cherokee National Forest, officials say the entire site is being evaluated for a possible full makeover — ...

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 ...

COPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — The second rafting fatality on the Ocoee River this season was a Florida teenager, and an agency spokeswoman said he was wearing a life jacket and helmet but his leg got ...

OCOEE, Tenn. – One hidden gem of Tennessee is making a splash early in the summer season. The Ocoee River, just three hours from Huntsville, is open for business once again. After a slow start in 2020 ...

One person died in a rafting incident Saturday on the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee, but details of what happened and that person's identity have not been released by authorities. Polk County ...

Perched right on the border of Georgia and Tennessee, the small town of McCaysville, Georgia, (population 1,149) is a beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain getaway that serves as a great base for canoeing, ...

BENTON, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities say two women have died in two days while rafting on the Ocoee River in Tennessee. The Chattanooga Times Free Press ( http://bit.ly ...

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