Yuba County is less likely to flood today than in 1986 or 1997, but more needs to be done to reduce the threat posed by the vast watersheds that drain into the Sacramento Valley. That’s the consensus ...

The Yuba River Charter School 8th Grade Boys Volleyball Team made local history this week by capturing the Grand Championship title after an impressive postseason run that showcased teamwork, ...

Lotus Bowker, 15, had a “development learning delay," which impacted his ability to "weigh up risks," the coroner said GoFundMe A 15-year-old boy, who couldn't swim, drowned after he jumped into a U.K ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Following a recent open-water swim in the once-polluted Chicago River, the question was raised whether Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River could host a similar event, and if anybody was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Conditions were perfect in July when the Cuyahoga River hosted what has become one its signature events – the Blazing Paddles Paddlefest. More than 300 paddlers took to the river’s ...

Chuck Beatty, event director of the annual Brogan Open Water Classic that features swim races in Lake Erie off Edgewater Beach, said holding an open swim in the Cuyahoga has crossed his mind on ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — The Jefferson County Council narrowly approved an amendment Wednesday to a proposed swimming ban in the Big River at Rockford Park, creating an exemption for first responders.

Over two decades after a band bus dumped hundreds of pounds of human waste into the river, the Chicago River Swim raised $150,000 for ALS research and swim education programs. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Big news this summer for river swimmers: You can now splash around the capital’s famous body of water! Sadly, it’s the capital of France. The Seine is open for swimming; the Potomac and Anacostia ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

The swim was in Chicago. The idea came from Amsterdam. And it was Barrington’s Doug McConnell who was key to propelling the Chicago River Swim into the water Sunday. More than 260 swimmers took the ...