Fifteen cities and towns along the Merrimack River are calling in professionals to help clean up a plague of hypodermic needles washing up on the waterway’s banks, beaches and boat ramps. “We have a ...

LOWELL — Merrimack River steward Rocky Morrison is angry and frustrated. Used hypodermic needles, some with their signature orange caps, are scattered like matchsticks around several makeshift ...

Divers, boat crews and a massive crane pulled together to remove two rotting, abandoned cars from the Merrimack River yesterday — an operation one environmental advocate said is crucial to improving ...

HAVERHILL — As the Merrimack River becomes a summer playground for boating, water skiing, fishing and other recreational activities, it has also become a potential source of danger. The Methuen-based ...

A wildfire that started in Arizona has jumped the Colorado River into California and triggered mandatory evacuations for campers and residents near Park Moabi, authorities said Wednesday. The San ...

The victim of a fatal boating accident Saturday on the Colorado River in Needles, Calif., has been identified as Deanna Lewis, 58, of Mead, Wash. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said Lewis ...

The body of a 46-year-old Arizona man was pulled from the Colorado River near Needles Sunday afternoon and San Bernardino County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death, according to the San ...