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HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Equipment is being moved into place along the West Virginia shore to begin removal of the larger of two work barges that got washed down the Potomac River in early May due ...
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Swollen by days of relentless rain, the Potomac River has surged well above flood stage, creating dangerous conditions along the C&O Canal National Historical Park and ...
A fire in the middle of one of the Potomac River railroad bridges from Maryland to Harpers Ferry, W.Va., caused significant damage to the track and left the bridge closed to rail traffic Monday ...
(7News) — Contractors have come up with a plan to recover the larger barge left stranded in the Potomac Dam No. 3 above Harpers Ferry ... officials said. All river users are urged to stay ...
Emergency personnel received a call at about 3:45 p.m. Monday about a fire on a train trestle over the Potomac River between Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and Sandy Hook, Maryland. It wasn't ...
DC News Now's Ben Dennis is in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. tracking flooding in the Potomac River. Letitia James reacts after judge rebukes Trump admin 8 Things That Should Never Be Cleaned With Vinegar ...
Railroad lines reopened Tuesday morning after a fire damaged a railroad bridge crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry on Monday afternoon. The Washington County Division of Emergency Services ...
Wednesday morning, the Shenandoah River swelled slightly out of its banks at daybreak in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, near where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac River — the main source of ...
THE POTOMAC RIVER MAKES ONE FINAL BREAK THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, AT HARPER'S FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA. A PLACE OF SHIFTING MILITARY FORTUNES. IN THE 1790s GEORGE WASHINGTON MADE HARPERS FERRY THE SITE ...
From its headwaters in West Virginia to its estuary in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River was a frontline during the Civil War. On the banks of the river at Harpers Ferry, a federal ...