But this year, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the region in late September, has brought autumnal tourism to a screeching halt, and the fly-fishing industry in ...

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.

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, ...

EAST TENNESSEE (WJHL) — East Tennessee is home to many rivers that provide a variety of activities and adventures for everyone to enjoy. The Tennessee Vallery Authority (TVA) released several water ...

Update at 11:30 a.m.: Here's what Chris McIntosh, 11 Connects, just learned from crews at the scene. Two men were fishing in a canoe in the Watauga River. One stood up to stretch, and the canoe ...

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 ...

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, ...