WASHINGTON — The body of an 18-year-old was recovered from the Potomac River over the weekend. Manuel De Jesus Bustillo was ...

The Potomac watershed, which includes 14,670 miles of land that drains to the river, covers parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District, Maryland and Virginia.

Although swimming is illegal along parts of the District of Columbia, the Potomac River is probably clean enough for swimmers during the driest stretches of the year, when water pollution is lowest.

The Potomac River has earned a “B” grade from the Potomac River Conservancy after they released its report at a news conference Tuesday on the health of the river that runs into the Chesapeake ...

Investigators have recovered most of the airplane and helicopter from the Potomac River, but continued searching for objects on the river floor.

In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” in reference to the passenger aircraft.

Officials say the conditions of the Potomac River are complicating recovery efforts of the bodies of the 67 presumed dead in a mid-air collision between American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita ...

Recovery teams worked to pull parts of an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter out of the Potomac River on Monday.

Remains from all 67 victims of the midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent an American Airlines regional plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River have been ...

Occasionally, helicopters can be seen over the Potomac River rescuing people stranded on the rocks, but it’s rare see a helicopter putting people on them. That’s exactly what is happening this ...

Some 300 first responders are enduring dark, cold and windy conditions as they continue to execute “a rescue operation” in Potomac River after an American Airlines jet collided with a military ...

Since 2007, the Potomac Conservancy has released progress reports in the form of a letter grade that reflects the health of the river. The report is in for 2022.