CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A fisherman has drowned after falling off of his kayak in the Watauga River Monday, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports.

The Watauga River flows right behind the Riverside Community Church of Jesus building in Elizabethton. On September 27, 2024, the river engulfed the building and flooded the inside. “That day ...

conducted its annual sampling of trout populations in the Watauga River. This is the first sampling of those tailwaters after Hurricane Helene swept through the region. Jim Habera, TWRA East ...