CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Forest System announces that the Ocoee River warning system is back in operation. The strobe and siren warning system was damaged by the fire at the Ocoee Whitewater ...

POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Tennessee Rep. Dan Howell proposed a bill to add more days to the rafting season along the Ocoee River. If approved, House Bill 1946 would provide funding to the Ocoee ...

OCOEE, Tenn. — The Ocoee River stretches 93 miles through Tennessee and Georgia and beneath the water, lies a rich history, of white-water rafting. A history that most didn't know existed. In the ...

Tennessee State Parks and 23 Ocoee River outfitters have joined forces again this year to offer military veterans a free rafting trip on the Fourth of July, and for the first time, their families can ...

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 — ...

Tennessee State Parks celebrated the opening of the new Ocoee River State Park on Saturday with a dedication ceremony in the morning, followed by a public event in the afternoon. The Ocoee River State ...

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 ...

Boy Scout Venture Crew 5 of Cape Girardeau recently rafted on the Ocoee River in Tennessee. Those pictured are ASM Van Ayers and Venture Scouts Harrison Ayers and Bennett Robinson. Venture Scouting is ...

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 ...

Forty-six crayfish collected in the Ocoee River Gorge in southern Tennessee are part of a new species, researchers said in a study. Photo from senior author Roger F. Thoma A researcher was wading ...