Rafting News

AGNESS, Ore. - Pete Pollard walked up the remote trail through the Lower Rogue River Canyon with the melancholy of a man who knows his one missed oar-stroke killed his daughter's dog.

A Texas man volunteering at a Boy Scout camp in Colorado has died in a rafting accident.

One man has died after a rafting accident today on Class 3 rapids in the Arkansas River, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities say a 49-year-old Texas man has died after a commercial raft hit a rock and capsized on the Arkansas River in western Colorado.

A rafting trip on Arkansas River gone wrong has left two people dead Tuesday afternoon.

LOGAN CO., Ky. - A Kentucky woman faces charges after firing her weapon at a group of teens rafting down the Red River in Adairville, Logan County.

The accident on the Arkansas River that left two rafters dead has raised a debate over the safety of rafting privately or paying a commercial outfitter for a guide.

Two Denver-area residents who drowned in a rafting accident on the Arkansas River were identified this morning.

Two people have drowned after a rafting accident at noon today on the Arkansas River.

May 24: Jeanne Haylett, of Flagstaff, 40, drowned when her raft flipped on the Upper Dolores River in southwest Colorado.

Two people died when a private raft flipped in the Arkansas River. Colorado State Parks says it happened around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon between Buena Vista and Leadville.

At least one person has drowned and authorities are searching for two more after a rafting accident on the Arkansas River, according to a 9News report via Colorado State Parks.

Last Friday night a King County Sheriff's deputy rescued a Maple Valley man who was found unconscious after floating down the Green River.

For years it was nearly impossible to kayak the Grand Canyon independently. Sure, there were plenty of guided rafting tours that you could hire out for a few hour or a few days, but in order to float the river yourself, you'd have to get your name on a waiting list for an independent permit.

Writer Rob Ryan works his paddle in a section of Brown's Canyon on the Arkansas River.

A 17-year-old boy from Fraser, Colo., drowned Saturday after the raft he was riding in flipped in whitewater near Moab.

Kittitas County Marine Units rescue a Renton man from the Yakima River. Deputies say Shawn Smith was rafting with friends Friday night when he went over a diversion dam.

EUGENE, Ore. - Going river rafting this holiday weekend? Bring a life jacket. It's the law.

With prices up and the stock market down, many families are finding themselves a little cash-strapped this summer vacation season.

There are two companies in Tahoe City that rent rafts, and transport you back to your starting point after your trip down the river.