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 ...

Tyler White and Marcus Turner each scored a rushing touchdown on Friday to lead Needles to a 34-12 home victory over River Valley (Arizona). White had a 63-yard touchdown run, and Turner added 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 ...

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 ...

As the national opioid crisis has worsened, dirty needles have become a more common sight on Haverhill's streets — and its waterways. Over the course of 2017, more and more used syringes began washing ...

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 ...

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 ...

RUSSELL, Mass. (WWLP) – Addicts are tossing hypodermic needles along the Westfield River. After being alerted by a nearby business owner, 22News found 13 used needles along the riverbank beneath the ...

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 ...

Alan Slater, the barrage manager and river master on the River Tees, said staff were placing themselves in danger when removing rubbish and debris thrown in the water. He said British Waterways ...

Howie George gets emotional when talking about the state of the Cowichan River. “It’s really sad. It’s very sad because this is it, this is our bloodline,” the Duncan resident and excavating company ...