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 ...

The word "Ocoee" has become synonymous with whitewater. But opportunities for adventure in the small mountain town run beyond the banks of its world-famous river. Located at the southern edge of ...

› What: Ocoee River Jam 6› Where: Snyder Farm, 599 Highway 64, Ocoee, Tennessee› When: 6 p.m.-midnight Friday, July 27; 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday, July 28; 2 ...

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 black bear stands tall on his hind legs in front of me. The Tennessee native is wearing a helmet and safety vest, and clutching a paddle in one paw. The glassy-eyed specimen is an eye-catching, if ...

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 ...

Roger Leon Howard, Sr., of Ocoee, Tennessee, died on Friday, March 17, 2017. He was born on September 11, 1925, in Ocoee, TN to the late Edward Leon Howard and Jessie Martin Howard, who raised him to ...

Peggy Ann Killian, 69, of Ocoee, Tennessee, died on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at a Knoxville Hospital. She was born on Sept. 14, 1946 to Charles A Whitlock and Florence Burney. Peggy was a resident ...