As search and rescue missions and a yearslong cleanup of the catastrophic Hurricane Helene are only beginning in East Tennessee, water continues to pour into reservoirs and flood communities ...

The Shull’s Mill Dam is an obstruction, but it's been a long time since it was watertight. Water flowed from an eye-shaped hole in the middle of the dam, a remnant of flooding during the 1940s. Now, ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)—On Wednesday, 25 Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) members reenacted the Watauga River Crossing, a march from 244 years ago. The OVTA has reenacted the event for ...

UPDATE: The fisherman has been identified as Brandon Nave, 31, of Watauga, Tennessee, the TWRA reported. CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A fisherman has drowned after falling off of his kayak in rough ...

A crew member works on the removal of the Shulls Mill Dam on the Watauga River on July 1 near Boone, N.C. The Associated Press BOONE, N.C. — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the ...

An angler drowned in the Watauga River on Monday morning after falling overboard when his kayak capsized. The victim was not wearing a personal flotation device. According to TWRA wildlife officers, ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - The name of a man found in the Watauga River Friday has been released. According to the Elizabethton Police Department, the man was 32-year-old Henry D. Gibbs. Officers responded ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)—On Wednesday, 25 Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) members reenacted the Watauga River ...