Through a post-rain haze on a foggy Wednesday morning, the Ocoee River's wooden flume sat as it has for more than 100 years: high above the river overlooking the rocky terrain hundreds of feet below.

Neither rain nor snow nor dizzying heights kept the rebuilt Ocoee flume from resuming operation this week in time to help power summer electricity needs. The historic wooden flume that carries water ...

The historic wooden flume that carries water from the Ocoee No. 2 diversion dam to its hydroelectric station has begun refilling after being closed for a year to replace a 70-foot section destroyed by ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — While people across the U.S. take shelter during a bitterly cold winter, paddlers in drysuits are flocking to the Ocoee River to enjoy an unusual paddling season. Tens of ...

Repair work is starting on a century-old wooden flume on the Ocoee River, as Tennessee Valley Authority seeks to fix last year’s rockslide damage. “Back in November, Mother Nature gave us a surprise,” ...

A rock slide has caused an accidental waterslide above the Ocoee River. According to TVA, they are assessing the damage after a rock slammed into the flume, which is used to divert water from the ...

TVA officials have denied that water flow was excessive on the Ocoee River on Saturday morning and Sunday morning when there were separate rafting deaths. TVA officials said, "Providing for ...

TVA is in repair mode following a flume break caused by a rock slide just south of Ocoee Dam #2 in Polk County on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the agency told our sister station WTVC that they ...

When engineers for the Tennessee Valley Authority decided to replace the aging flume that carried water to hydroelectric Power House No. 2 on the Ocoee River some years ago, they expected technical ...

A nearly decade long fight to keep the country’s most visited river from going dry may finally be in sight, as the Tennessee Valley Authority and state agencies have reached an agreement that would ...