A Spirit of Washington lunch cruise boat took on water in the Potomac River shortly after leaving the D.C.'s Wharf on a test ...

MCFRS saved six people from floodwaters after the cars they were in became submerged in floodwaters Thursday in Potomac.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released new information about a tragic collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Flight 5342 near ...

The Potomac River Artists Guild is celebrating its 25th anniversary year in 2025. During its Fine Art Show and Sale at the ...

The Potomac River is in the middle of a comeback and is much cleaner than it used to be. There’s been great progress to clean up the “Nation’s River,” but pollution remains a problem.

On May 16, the Potomac Conservancy gave the river a grade of B, up from a B- in 2020, a C in 2013 and a D in 2011. We have seen progress, Conservancy officials say, but more must be done.

Think of this the next time you kayak, drive over, run by or, simply, stare at the Potomac River: Its ruin would cost the D.C. region nearly $15 billion in the first month, according to a report ...

If the Potomac River has gotten more attention than the Anacostia in the past 50 years, it’s partly because the Potomac supplies 90 percent of the region’s drinking water. That amounts to an ...

After years of unchecked sewage flowing into the Potomac River, President Lyndon B. Johnson called the river “a national disgrace” in 1965. Although efforts to clean up the river have improved the ...

When advocates hoping to lift a swimming ban in the Potomac River organized a “swim-in” to show the waterway was less of a cesspool and more of a Labor Day oasis, police immediately shut it down.

North Branch Potomac River in Western Maryland, just downstream of the Jennings Randolph Dam. North Branch of the Potomac River near the Gary Yoder Boat Launch, Black Oak, Allegany County, Maryland.

The Potomac River is currently listed as impaired for bacteria and is considered unsafe for swimming. “I wouldn’t encourage anyone to go out there and swim,” Burrell says.