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Rafting for the Cure hits Ocoee River rapids Saturday

COPPERHILL, Tenn — Wildwater Rafting will host its fourth annual Raft for the Cure event Saturday on the Ocoee River. Raft for the Cure honors those who fight breast cancer and donates a portion of the day’s proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Jaunt down river gets the heart pumping as fast as the whitewater

On July 24, News-Herald staffers Brandon C. Baker and Jason Lea rafted the whitewater of West Virginia's New River, where furious rapids are formed by the state's mountainous landscape, rainfall and rocky rivers. It was Brandon's inaugural rafting trip. Jason filled the role of de facto veteran, with slightly more experience. Here are their dual and dueling narratives.

Bicycle Ride Across East Tennessee Set

This year's Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee will start on September 12 and tour some of the best landscapes East Tennessee and the Chattanooga area has to offer.

North Georgia Land: Toccoa River Land to Sell in Real Estate Auction

MARGRET, GA--(Marketwire - August 10, 2010) - A 332-acre property with frontage on Georgia Highway 60 and the Toccoa River in Georgia's Fannin County will sell at auction Tuesday, Sept. 14, with Albert Burney Auction Company managing the sale.

Zipline course business zipping along

BENTON, Tenn. - At Ocoee Outdoors, thrill seekers looking for an elevated rush instead of one on whitewater can suspend themselves up to 74 feet above the ground tethered to a few pieces of rope and slide on a wire less than one-half inch thick.