/tags/good-river Good River en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:53:26 GMT /news/2020-02-28/how-orsancos-role-as-steadfast-defender-of-the-ohio-river-has-changed I live in Mount Washington, on the east side of Cincinnati, roughly the midpoint of the 981-mile Ohio River. Below us, near the mouth of the Little Miami鈥� Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:53:26 GMT /news/2020-02-28/how-orsancos-role-as-steadfast-defender-of-the-ohio-river-has-changed Cedric Rose /news/2020-02-19/could-the-ohio-river-have-legal-rights-inside-a-growing-environmental-movement Can you imagine if the Ohio River and its tributaries had legal rights? While speculative, the idea isn鈥檛 necessarily far-fetched. This month marks the鈥� Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:30:00 GMT /news/2020-02-19/could-the-ohio-river-have-legal-rights-inside-a-growing-environmental-movement Erin West /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Mercury, which damages young brains, is flowing through industrial wastewater into the Ohio River. But the multi-state agency tasked with keeping the鈥� Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:12:13 GMT /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Jeff Brooks-Gillies /news/2020-02-06/unbuilding-what-could-happen-if-dams-are-removed-in-the-ohio-river-watershed The Ohio River watershed is dotted with thousands of small dams. Many are remnants of bygone days of grain mills and the steel industry, which used dams鈥� Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:11:39 GMT /news/2020-02-06/unbuilding-what-could-happen-if-dams-are-removed-in-the-ohio-river-watershed Julie Grant /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why 鈥淲ill one of these fit?鈥� Wendell R. Haag asks, holding out a couple pairs of well-worn creeking shoes he鈥檚 pulled from the back of his pickup, both鈥� Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why Carrie Blackmore Smith /news/2020-01-10/an-ohio-river-community-bands-together-to-slow-runoff-and-add-greenspace The city of Newport, Ky., is shaped on its north and west borders by the Ohio and Licking rivers. And while Newport hosts entertainment venues and a鈥� Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:53:38 GMT /news/2020-01-10/an-ohio-river-community-bands-together-to-slow-runoff-and-add-greenspace Bonnie Jean Feldkamp /news/2020-01-02/rising-waters-aging-levees-and-climate-change-could-unleash-ohio-river When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The鈥� Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:42:40 GMT /news/2020-01-02/rising-waters-aging-levees-and-climate-change-could-unleash-ohio-river Liam Niemeyer /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river When the petrochemical plant being built by Shell Chemical Appalachia in Beaver County is complete, it's anticipated to bring 600 jobs as well as spinoff鈥� Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:15:57 GMT /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river Julie Grant /news/2019-12-17/its-not-easy-being-a-waterkeeper-fighting-pollution-and-apathy-on-the-ohio-river When Jason Flickner was a kid, he built a dam on the creek behind his grandparents' house causing it to flood a neighbor鈥檚 basement.When he tells the鈥� Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:21:39 GMT /news/2019-12-17/its-not-easy-being-a-waterkeeper-fighting-pollution-and-apathy-on-the-ohio-river Jeff Brooks-Gillies /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind The R.E. Burger coal-fired power plant鈥檚 final day ended, appropriately enough, in a cloud of black smoke and dust. From 1944 to 2011, the plant generated鈥� Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:37:10 GMT /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind Sharon Kelly