Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As search and rescue missions and a yearslong cleanup of the catastrophic Hurricane Helene are only beginning in East Tennessee, ...

The Watauga Compact of 1772 was not a revolution in the modern sense. But it did create a legal framework for self-governance ...

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, ...

TENNESSEE (WJHL) — The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provided an update on its system Monday, including record elevations at local dams. The TVA continues to monitor flooding while controlling ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)—On Wednesday, 25 Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) members reenacted the Watauga River Crossing, a march from 244 years ago. The OVTA has reenacted the event for ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - The name of a man found in the Watauga River Friday has been released. According to the Elizabethton Police Department, the man was 32-year-old Henry D. Gibbs. Officers responded ...

As search and rescue missions and a yearslong cleanup of the catastrophic Hurricane Helene are only beginning in East Tennessee, water continues to pour into reservoirs and flood communities ...