The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates and maintains McAlpine, calls it a "marvel of engineering" — allowing safe passage through the Falls of the Ohio, the only natural obstruction on the ...

Appalachian Power issued a warning about the water levels of downstream Claytor and Leesville dams on Thursday.

TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said, luckily, the Nolichucky Dam was not one of those 44. “The Nolichucky Dam had a record amount of water go over that dam, and the dam performed as expected.

Eight were captured by divers and relocated to a safer location downstream where another dam was removed in 2021. Appalachian State University's Michael Gangloff, who is coordinating biological ...

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee—Friday was turning to Saturday when the Tennessee Valley Authority did something it had never done in its 91-year history: It sent residents a “condition red” warning that one ...

How removing a dam could save North Carolina's ‘lasagna lizard ... The rivers across southern Appalachia naturally flow fast, but as humans developed the area in the 1800s, ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — More than 85,000 Appalachian Power customers remain without power across Appalachia in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. According to a Storm Response Update from ...

Appalachian Power (APCo) issued a news release warning boaters, kayakers, tubers and other recreational users downstream of ...

Dam removals, river restoration ... But the salamander’s range in places such as southern Appalachia has shrunk and its numbers are down 70 percent over the past 50 years. Advertisement ...

Before a N.C. dam is removed, ... Thousands of derelict dams used to power Appalachian mill towns. Now, they're coming down. Their demolition restores the flow of rivers and streams, ...

Southern Appalachia has been under deluge for several days, after a precursor storm brought rainfall that should be expected only once every 1,000 years to some areas.Then, the remnants of ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A national non-profit organization that tracks rivers all over the country has announced the rivers of Southern Appalachia are now among the most endangered in th… ...