Officials from the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., have acknowledged flaws in the center’s water disinfection system, according to NBC Charlotte. Naegleria fowleri, which incites ...

DUCKTOWN, Tenn. - While authorities continue to seek the cause of the April fire that burned Polk County, Tennessee's iconic Ocoee Whitewater Center to the ground, officials with the Ocoee River's ...

CHARLOTTE, NC (WJZY) - The U.S. National Whitewater Center has released specific actions going forward regarding whitewater activity after a brain-eating amoeba was discovered at the center. LATEST: ...

CHARLOTTE, NC (WSPA) – WBTV is reporting that the U.S. National Whitewater Center will shut down after samples tested positive for brain-eating ameoba. A Westerville teen died after contracting the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The father of an Ohio woman who died after being exposed to a rare brain-eating amoeba at a North Carolina whitewater rafting center has settled a wrongful-death complaint. The ...

According to the Observer, Whitewater Center — a 1,100-acre park surrounding the Catawba River dedicated to outdoor activities like whitewater rafting — is one of only three comparable parks that is ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The chlorination and filtration systems at an artificial water rapids course where Olympic kayakers train were inadequate to kill a rare, brain-attacking organism, the U.S. Centers ...

The iconic Ocoee Whitewater Center near Ducktown, Tennessee - host of the whitewater slalom event for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - has burned to the ground. Polk County EMA Director Steve ...

CHARLOTTE — Channel 9 is investigating major safety concerns surrounding crowds and traffic at a popular outdoor venue -- Charlotte’s U.S. National Whitewater Center. From rafting to trails, it’s a ...

The Whitewater Center in Charlotte features 1,300 acres to run, paddle, ride, and climb. The Whitewater Center in Charlotte is a great adventure venue with paddling, mountain biking, climbing and more ...

The 500-acre campus of the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) near Bryson City, North Carolina, is quiet in mid-February except for the rushing waters of the Nantahala River flowing through it. There are ...