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POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — Two kayakers were rescued Thursday evening from Great Falls on the Potomac River, according to Montgomery County Fire and EMS officials.
A man is presumed to have drowned after trying to swim across the Potomac River from Virginia to Maryland near Great Falls on Friday, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials.
The location the swimmer went missing was near the Billy Goat Trail and Great Falls Park. No further information has been provided about the man missing on the Potomac River.
An injured person was rescued from rocks in the Potomac River on Monday, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer.
Because of prolonged cold weather, pancake ice has formed on the Upper Potomac River near Great Falls. The circular slabs have been spinning and colliding with one another for days while trapped ...
Image by Titian Ramsay Peale of the Great Falls of the Potomac, Maryland, shore with a man seated on a rock in the left foreground.
GREAT FALLS, Va. — A person struggling to keep their head above water was rescued from the Potomac River by a kayaker on Tuesday. The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service is using this time ...
Major Sewage Line Fails Near Potomac River in Great Falls Fairfax tests wells, positive results for coliform and E. coli Sewage flows in DC Water’s Manhole #31 in Great Falls.
Potomac Falls's third through sixth runners -- Sean Wilson, Adam Smith, Torrin Patrick and Anthony Philips -- finished eighth through 11th, ahead of all runners for three other schools.
View of the Great Falls of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, on the "northern boundary of Powhatan area." Collection Restrictions Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by ...