Canoes on the Potomac River on May 13, 2021, in D.C. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) D. Randall Benn is board chair of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network.

Washington, D.C., is in no hurry to make swimming in the Potomac River legal despite significant improvements made in the river’s water quality and bacterial levels. Under Washington law ...

The person was eventually located and brought to shore, where they were then taken to the hospital in a critical, life-threatening condition. A person was rescued from the Potomac River, not far from ...

With over 6,700 square feet and panoramic Potomac views, this Colonial earns its place on Old Mansion Road. Photography It’s near the Potomac River and George Washington’s Mount Vernon ...

The bodies of 55 victims have been pulled from the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., following the midair collision between a commercial jet and a Black Hark helicopter on Jan. 29.

WASHINGTON — The Potomac River received a B for 2022. This grading system is done to see how well the Potomac is holding up to the goals laid out in the 1972 Clean Water Act.

WASHINGTON — Dramatic before-and-after photos showing how freshwater mussels cleaned a tank of badly polluted Potomac River water in a matter or hours are encouraging signs that water quality ...

These upstream locations are used to make water supply demands and “reach an environmental flow-by of 100 million gallons per day (MGD) on the Potomac River at Little Falls dam near Washington ...

In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd ...

Crews are expected to remove the cockpit from the American Airlines jet from the Potomac River as they continue recovery efforts from last week's fatal mid-air collision that killed 67 people.