ERWIN, Tenn. — After 24 years of guiding whitewater trips on the Nolichucky River Gorge for other companies, Patrick Mannion finally received a permit last year to operate his own outfitter business.

White water rafting returns to Hartford, Tennessee, with the small community off Exit 447 ready to welcome tourists back. Business owners highlighted concerns with the interstate construction and ...

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 ...

OCOEE, Tenn. (WDEF) — Cherokee Rafting started in 1978. It’s a family friendly whitewater rafting company based in Polk County, Tennessee. The business prides itself in taking you down a very ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pigeon River in Hartford, Tennessee, is officially open for the 2025 whitewater season after completing extensive repairs to its rafting ...

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 ...

rch20@msn.com Adventure Adviser: The Nolichucky River in eastern Tennessee is your best bet. No need to worry about being lulled to sleep by class II rapids because you’ll be on thundering Class IV ...

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 ...

A nonprofit has found that Tennessee topped the charts in 2020 for whitewater river paddler deaths across the United States. American Whitewater, a river conservation nonprofit founded in 1954 that ...