The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground.

When you live in a metro area nestled between the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada, the adventure possibilities are endless. Here are five fabulous day trip destinations that local travel experts ...

VA: Laid-off federal workers attend Trump's speech as senators' guests McKay estimated that more than 175,000 federal employees and contractors live in Northern Virginia. “Relocating federal ...

Veteran Virginia Tech filmmaker Jerry Scheeler was a casualty of this weekend’s snowfall. Scheeler died Friday after suffering a heart attack while shoveling snow at his new house in Daleville ...