Whitewater paddling competition is returning to the Ocoee River for the first time since 2001. The Ocoee River Championships begin Friday morning and run through Sunday and feature seven different ...

The Ocoee River in Southeastern Tennessee is home to two significant whitewater runs. The Middle Ocoee is the most popular section of whitewater in the country, while the Upper Ocoee--home to the 1996 ...

All eyes are on Rio right now, with competition well underway in the 2016 games.Twenty years ago, those eyes were locked on the United States for the '96 games in Atlanta, and part of them were played ...

More guests attended the first two days of the Ocoee River Championships than event organizers expected for the entire weekend, leaving the directors optimistic about future competition on the river.

OCOEE, Tenn. -- The engineered whitewater rapids that hosted the 1996 Olympic whitewater events will flow 54 days each year, giving rafters and canoe and kayak paddlers a wild ride. American ...

The teenage girl who fell off a raft during a whitewater paddling trip down the Ocoee River has died, according to church members who knew the girl, a family member and a GoFundMe page set up to raise ...

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 ...

There are few places in the country where average Joes and Janes can play Olympian for a day, but Tennessee’s Ocoee River is one of them. This waterway hosted the whitewater events for the 1996 ...