Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday, asking that railroad work by CSX Transportation in the Nolichucky River Gorge be stopped. The two groups, American Whitewater and ...

The lawsuit alleges that CSX Transportation removed rock from the Nolichucky riverbed while repairing a rail line damaged ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Flooding from Hurricane Helene essentially wiped out CSX rail’s line through the Nolichucky River Gorge, and the company quickly contacted the Army Corps of Engineers ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Flooding from Hurricane Helene essentially wiped out CSX rail’s line through the Nolichucky River Gorge ...

Kayaker Jacob Hauser is concerned about the CSX railroad repair work, including that shown behind him at the Chestoa area of the Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tenn. Nov. 4, 2024. (Photo: WJHL) ...

Bertha and Araceli were two of the 11 workers at the Impact Plastics factory who were swept away by the overflow of the Nolichucky River. Five people, including Araceli, were rescued. Bertha and ...

27 flood of the Nolichucky River. Normally running 2 feet deep, the river rose to a record 30 feet that day, with more than 1.4 million gallons of water running downstream each second — twice as ...

27 flood of the Nolichucky River. Normally running 2 feet deep, the river rose to a record 30 feet that day, with more than 1.4 million gallons of water running downstream each second — twice as ...

Jake Villwock of Cumberland County arguably spends as much time on the Juniata River fishing for smallmouth bass as anyone. He has to. It’s his job. As a fishing guide for the last 21 years ...

The Nolichucky Dam, built in 1911, faced waters from a one in 13,000-year rain event. On an average day 7,500 gallons of water flow through the Nolichucky Dam every minute, at the height of the storm, ...

TVA does not control flooding on the Nolichucky River until it empties into Douglas Lake. The Nolichucky Dam is a "run-of-the-river" dam, meaning it does not provide water storage to control flooding.

Upstream flooding in communities like the town of Erwin in Unicoi County was so extreme that it knocked out river gauges that ...