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 ...

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, ...

WATAUGA, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) conducted its annual sampling of trout populations in the Watauga River. This is the first sampling of those tailwaters after ...

ELIZABETHTON — A kayaker who was fishing in the Watauga River at 9 a.m. Monday died when his kayak overturned in the rough water, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency.

TENNESSEE (WJHL) — The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provided an update on its system Monday, including record elevations at local dams. The TVA continues to monitor flooding while controlling ...

Scouts from Troop 9 visited Tennessee to go whitewater rafting on the Watauga River. They also went tubing on the river and hiked. Practicing social distancing as best they could, the Scouts camped in ...

The body found in Watauga River in Elizabethton was the body of a man. His body has been sent off for an autopsy. UPDATE 11:10 AM Investigators are on the scene of a body found in the Watauga River in ...

ELIZABETHTON — Today is a red-letter day at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Day, and the public is invited to come down to the Watauga River to help celebrate the Gathering of the Overmountain Men, ...

The head of the Watauga River Regional Water authority resigned from his job today. Michael Hughes cited personal reasons as he turned in his notice at a water authority meeting in Elizabethton ...

A microscope image of Myxobolus intralamina n. sp., a new species of parasitic jellyfish that infects the gills of smallmouth bass. Each of these tiny animals is about twice as long as a red blood ...