June marks the start of national rivers month, and the James River Association is sharing some fun facts about the River ...

On April 9, Connor Lynch, an angler fishing on the Potomac River near Fletcher’s Cove, hooked and released a shortnose sturgeon, a fish not seen in the river since 2007. The Potomac Riverkeeper ...

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division are investigating a drowning in the Potomac River that occurred on May 31. On Monday, May 31, at approximately 8 p.m., 2nd ...

WASHINGTON — As floodwaters from this week’s torrential rains begin to recede, they are leaving behind a grim aftermath along the Potomac River: vast rafts of logs, twisted lumber, household ...

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 ...

They came in so fast and deep that they swept about 200 cars from local dealerships into the headwaters of the Potomac River. They floated downstream and ended up in Georgetown a few days later.

It has been about 100 years since barges floated along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Washington, D.C., and rural ...

Environmental planning is complete for a new rail crossing of the Potomac River that is essential to Virginia’s plan to provide passenger rail service nearly every hour between Richmond and ...

A pair of boaters clung to a tree in the middle of the raging Potomac River after their small boat was swept downstream, rescuers said. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson on X ...

The Clark Fork River has undergone more than $200 million ... A proposed gold mine at the headwaters near Lincoln triggered extensive political fights, resulting in a statewide ban on the use ...

Or, as Center for Natural Capital Executive Director Michael Collins put it, “The only obstacle between the ocean and Hoover Camp (the headwaters of the Rapidan River) is the Rapidan dam.” ...