Jim River Obstruction Cleared Today
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By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Feb. 21--The remains of a bridge that once spanned the James River northeast of Bath are scheduled to be removed from the river today.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 15--Recent rains moved South Florida residents closer to eased water restrictions on Thursday. But the continued drop of Lake Okeechobee has state officials considering "backpumping" storm water into the lake, despite pollution concerns.
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BEIJING A flood crest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River on Thursday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that had killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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By REX SPINGSTON  Chuck Frederickson loves his job, and he loves the James River.  It's all the same to him.  Frederickson is the riverkeeper for the 340-mile James.
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Travel is back to normal on the Thruway Friday morning after an accident that stopped or slowed traffic from Herkimer all the way to Schenectady.
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By Jennifer Griswold, The Daily Oklahoman  Jun. 6--MINCO -- City water has been cleared for drinking after more tests by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality showed it's free from contamination, Minco officials said.
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By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 13--A Priest River building contractor has been fined $7,500 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal water laws.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 16--BROOKPORT, Ill. -- Barge traffic is temporarily unsnarled at Locks and Dam 52, thanks to rain and a little man-made hydraulic help.   Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday deepened the channel, assisted by the U.S.
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By John Shultz, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 21--A worker was hurt in a small hydrochloric acid spill at a Kansas City manufacturing business Wednesday morning.   According to the fire department, the spill happened about 11 a.m.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TROY -- Bills are flowing in for the emergency clean-up and repair of damage from the May water line break that flooded offices on three floors of the Miami County Safety Building.
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Rescue efforts to find three missing sailors feared drowned in the River Clyde have resumed today after thick fog suspended the search last night
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By Terry, Juliet A  An Ohio County judge has dismissed the lawsuits filed by as many as 1,180 southern West Virginians for damage in the Coal River area dating back to July 8, 2001.  Likening their lawsuits to a fishing expedition, Circuit Judge Arthur M.
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By Aubrey Woods, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Mar. 6--HONEYTOWN -- The removal of a barricade led to a motorist driving into high water north of Brownstown on Monday night.  She and her 8-year-old daughter had to be rescued by Hamilton Township volunteer firefighters.
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ENVIRONMENT Agency experts were last night investigating after a blaze in a wood pile at a skip hire company.   The agency said a fire at the same site last year polluted the Dee, but this time the river was clean.
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By Yangkyoung Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  May 30--U.S. Highway 2 in East Grand Forks was cleaned up Tuesday thanks to eight prisoners from Tri-County Community Corrections, of Crookston.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 1--GAUTIER -- George Cargo said his departure would not stall building permits and code enforcement done by the Gautier Planning Department.  "The whole department is in good shape," Carbo said Wednesday, his last day on the job.