Last week, thousands of silver bellies lined the shores of several basins along the Blackwater River. Residents say Wrights Basin in Milton was hit the hardest. On Monday, ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes hopes to obtain funding to study the frequent flooding of the Blackwater River. The Blackwater River is a lazy river, creeping slowly through dense swamps in Surry County and… ...

The city plans to build the $68 million treatment facility near the Blackwater River. ... "You are not going to get to capacity at Cooper Basin. But you are going to put our river at risk and that ...

The Blackwater River is already at major flood stage, cresting at 25 feet at 10 a.m (flood stage is 11 feet) Thursday and expected to rise even further.

The Blackwater Maritime Heritage Project celebrated the completion of its first phase last week; The four-year, $36,000-project set out to extensively map the historic river, its bays and estuaries ...