KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - One person died after their boat was pulled into a dam’s spillway in Tennessee, according to authorities. WVLT reports the accident took place on Fort Loudoun ...

Tennessee Valley Authority forecasters said the spillways at Fort Loudoun Dam were open on Wednesday due to recent rainfall. The spillway will be open until further notice with more than 26,000 ...

After releasing around 323.6 billion gallons of water, the Tennessee Valley Authority said the dam's spillways have been closed. Its River Forecast Center used Douglas Dam along with several ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

Save Lake Chatuge, a group of local community members founded last year, is calling for the TVA to change course or risk ...

W 300 South — will be closed starting June 2, 2025. The road will remain closed to all traffic until construction is completed, as crews will be constructing a new spillway for the dam before ...

For decades, Lake Chatuge has come alive from May to September, anchoring life in this quiet Appalachian corner of northeast ...

Anyone near Fort Loudoun Dam in the next few months may see a large crane in the area. The Tennessee Valley Authority said crews are working to replace 14 spillway gate hoists at the dam.

It's been around two weeks since Hurricane Helene impacted East Tennessee and western North Carolina, dumping floodwaters that dunked communities underwater across the region. For much of that ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in 1942 to create the reservoir straddling the Georgia–North Carolina border, warns the structure’s aging spillway may not withstand a major ...