The victim of an armed robbery in Virginia was ordered to swim across the Potomac River, United States Park Police say. The victim was near the first scenic overlook on the George Washington Memorial ...

Virginians can once again fish and swim in portions of the Potomac River that were affected when a sewage pipe collapsed in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Jan 19, and spilled more than 200 million ...

Washington, D.C., lifted its recreational advisory for the Potomac River on Monday after a large-scale sewage spill earlier this year. “Consistent water quality testing shows bacterial levels are now ...

Don’t make plans to take a dip in the Potomac River any time soon. According to the Potomac River “Report Card,” a report released by the Potomac Conservancy every two years, the river’s health has ...

The Virginia Department of Health is now officially warning residents to stay out of a 72.5-mile stretch of the Potomac River after weeks of sewage spill fallout. VDH issued a recreational water ...

The Potomac River received a "B" rating when it comes to water quality in the 2025 Potomac River report card released Wednesday. The report showed the quality remains steady, but still isn't good for ...

WASHINGTON — Last summer, a report card gave a mixed picture of the Potomac River’s health. A year later, we went back to see if the water tells a better story. The Potomac remains a mixed picture.

It is normal to see kayaks, boats and paddleboarders in the Washington Channel off the Potomac River. Alligators? Not so much. But that’s what appeared swimming through on Thursday, when the marina’s ...

The Potomac Conservancy gave the Potomac River a B grade in its recent report card, the fifth B in ten years. And while a B is better than the D the river got in 2011 or the C in 2013, the river is ...

To raise the Potomac River’s health score to a coveted “A,” the report advocates for protecting healthy forests, restoring streams and habitats, defending water protection laws, and activating ...