Log rafting was once a means of transporting timber, but now it’s the tourist draw of a tiny Wakayama village.

Deep in rural Wakayama, a centuries-old river rafting tradition is making waves with its first-ever female crew member steering both the raft and a cultural shift.

Towing company drags massive log out of Blue River 02:55. In the moments when local rafters believed the rafting season for the Upper Blue River was over (after a tree fell across the river ...

Hampton, an experienced river guide and volunteer firefighter, said he’d never done rescues in floodwaters this dangerous before. The French Broad normally runs at about 2,000 cubic feet per ...

He then swam to shore as his raft floated down the river without him. Almost exactly two years prior, Gray's brother, 63-year-old Robert Gray, was killed after flipping a raft in nearly the exact ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — North Valley Search and Rescue is warning of log hazards for floaters on the North Fork of the Flathead River after responding to a call for help on Monday.

BOISE, Idaho — Crews rescued two rafters Thursday on the Owyhee River who were trapped after their raft capsized and became pinned. The Idaho National Guard said one person became trapped ...