Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kayaker navigates the turbulent waters of the Gauley River in Summersville, W.Va., on Sept. 30, 2020. American Rivers has named ...

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Friday kicks off the Gauley White Water Rafting season along the Gauley River – a season that attracts hundreds and thousands of visitors from out of state. On a recent appearance ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A spokesperson for the National Park Service said it may be early next week before divers can enter the waters of the Gauley River at Shipwreck Rock to recover the body of a ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Every September and October, West Virginia’s Gauley River features the world’s best whitewater. The Summersville Dam is drawn down at 2,800 cubic feet per second by the U.S. Army ...

GLEN JEAN — The Tailwaters Campground in Gauley River National Recreation Area, located below Summersville Dam on the upper Gauley, will temporarily close for the beginning of “Gauley Season” this ...

OAK HILL, WV (WVNS) — It is that time of year again to tame the “Beast of the East” in the 31st annual Upper Gauley Animal Race! The race will take place on Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:00 P.M. at ...

A Kanawha County man accused of swinging a piece of lumber at a smoke shop employee has been arrested, records said. Break-ins reported at Little League concession stands in Charleston and Ona Two ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — An Ohio man drowned Monday during a commercial rafting trip on the Gauley River, a spokesperson for the National Park Service said. The 46-year-old man was rafting a ...

The Gauley River in West Virginia is notorious for its raging rapids, huge rocks, and fun whitewater rafting trips. September 8 and 9, five boys from Orange's Boy Scout Troop 14 took a trip down the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The fall rafting season on West Virginia’s Gauley River gets started this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin lowering Summersville Lake to its winter level ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The state Public Service Commission issued an order Friday telling the Gauley River Public Service District and West Virginia American Water Company to come up with a better ...