The Highland Lakes are popular spots for boaters, but drought and periodic floods can sometimes make things tricky.

Public hearings on a proposed boat ramp on the Middle Oconee River will be held this month at the pavilion in Ben Burton Park on Mitchell Bridge Road in Athens. The boat ramp will be located on ...

Public boat ramps in Anderson and Oconee counties, as well as across South ... County boat ramps opening late afternoon Friday:Saluda River: Dolly CooperTimmerman - Fishing pier and kayak launch ...

A boat ramp opened at Ben Burton park as a part of the future Athens-Clarke County blue trail, a water trail which will follow the Middle and North Oconee River. The ramp is “the first in a ...

died after walking into the Oconee River. The Milledgeville Police Department said in a Facebook post that, around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, he walked off a boat ramp into the water and did not ...

The Oconee River touches areas like Dublin ... On Wednesday in Laurens County they plan to close off all the boat ramps until the river gets back down to before flood stage. Laird says one ...

The Oconee County Sheriff's office has closed its investigation into the shooting death of a teen at a boat ramp, and the death of his girlfriend's mother.Authorities have confirmed that Laura ...

A boating accident on the Oconee River claimed the life of a 12-year-old ... hit a sandbar and the impact ejected his son from the boat. Foskey became trapped under the boat and unconscious ...

Colten Foskey, 12, died after he was thrown from a boat and trapped underneath when it hit a sandbar on the Oconee River in Georgia, authorities say. Screengrab from East Laurens Middle School's ...

Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism will operate the Lawrence Bridge, Fair Play and Mullins Ford day use areas, as well as the Choestoea boat ramp, the corps announced. Annual passes that ...