Downstream from Elizabeth, the Little Kanawha flows over the 289 foot dam and through the 125-foot long, 22-foot wide lock chambers. The lock doors are long gone and the river looks more ...

The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on Saturday evenings so boaters can access downtown Appleton businesses.

In the early 1990s, a committee sought to link the Haxall Canal to a now-dry section of the James River and Kanawha Canal through a channel and locks that would run uphill along 7th Street ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Police are investigating after a body was found along the Kanawha River. Police say a male body was found just east of the Patrick Street Bridge around 1 p.m. Sunday.

Investigators have identified a man who drowned after a kayak capsized in the Kanawha River on Easter Sunday. South Charleston police and fire crews responded to the incident and tried to rescue ...

The darter has been found in only four streams in Virginia, all of which flow into the New River. It is also found in several streams in West Virginia that are part of the New and Kanawha River ...

UPDATE: (5:43 P.M. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024) – Authorities have pulled a work vehicle from the Kanawha River in Charleston and are now working to clear the scene. The investigation is still ...

WINFIELD — The West Virginia National Guard practiced swift water rescue exercises involving boats and helicopters on the Kanawha River near the Winfield boat ramp Wednesday. The Army National ...

EMMET COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Boating traffic can once again cross through the Crooked River Lock after temporary repairs were made Tuesday. Limited operation was restored to the lock around ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...

The lock-and-dam system through which 175 million tons of freight travels on the upper Mississippi River each year is sorely outdated, and vulnerable to failure that could have a profound effect ...