As Hurricane Helene brought historic flooding in late September, false reports swirled that Walters Dam had failed and worse ...

COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is claiming that Walters Dam, otherwise known as Waterville Dam, has not failed. TEMA is citing the dam’s owner ...

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport ... The Walters Dam is also known as the Waterville Dam and both names were used in various officials' communications.

Cocke County EMA Director Joe Esway recalls taking ... At 4:41 p.m. Duke Energy alerted the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency the Waterville Dam, also known as the Walters Dam, did not fail.

He has officially declared a State of Emergency for Cocke County. At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam, also known as Walters Dam, suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of ...

McCallister said it‘s the highest he’s ever seen the water rise in Cocke County during his 40 years on the job. The department was given trucks and other equipment from neighboring counties so that ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after an overnight officer-involved shooting in Cocke County. According to the TBI, deputies with the Cocke County ...

As rafting season approaches, businesses say they need help from the county to prepare for one of its biggest tourism draws.

While hurting people in Cocke County and other counties in northeast Tennessee welcomed Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief ...

This article has been updated to reflect the highway's opening. Interstate 40 in Cocke County is now open to one lane of traffic in each direction. Only local traffic is welcome on the highway as ...

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At 4:41 p.m. Duke Energy alerted the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency the Waterville Dam, also known as the Walters Dam, did not fail. However, evacuations continued. Two people died in Cocke ...