The federal designation marks a victory for advocates seeking to turn the river's identity away from an industrial corridor ...

Interim Director Verna Arnette says the city's Organics Detection System monitoring point is part of a network all along the Ohio River. "We run samples every two hours all the time, regardless of ...

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The Ohio River Way, stretching more than 300 miles from Ashland to West Point, earned a national water trail designation from the U.S. Department of the Interior in June — connecting Appalachia ...

In 2019, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) published an article about contaminants in the Ohio River. The report called the river one of the most polluted rivers in the nation.

CINCINNATI — The Ohio River peaked overnight, briefly hitting 60.79 feet. For comparison, the 1997 flood hit 64.70 feet (#9 historic crest), the 2018 flood hit 60.53 feet (#23 historic crest).

The annual Great Ohio River Swim is scheduled for Sunday. And like the Seine in Paris, the Ohio River in Cincinnati has a combined sewer system, which is designed to send untreated sewage and ...