The Cuyahoga River burned several times prior to 1969, but it was the blaze that year that opened people’s eyes to pollution, thanks to false pretenses.

Rescue teams from the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls fire departments recovered a body Monday evening from the Cuyahoga River beneath the High Level Bridge. The person, David Christ, 59, of Kent, died ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (WJW) – After a body was recovered from the Cuyahoga River on Monday evening, the Summit County Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide. According to the City of Akron ...

Sewage is discharged in the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio in this 1973 photograph. The Clean Water Act, passed a year earlier, has improved water quality in many water bodies, but some ...

In Northern Ohio, the Cuyahoga River is known for many things: its ties to our national park, infamously catching on fire in 1969, and, as it were, being the only river in Ohio that flows north.

This park preserves 22 miles of the Cuyahoga River and the mosaic of natural and man-made features surrounding it ... helping to spur the creation of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection ...

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is investigating after an oil spill was found in Akron's Little Cuyahoga River on Saturday. In a statement on Monday, EPA officials say the ...

While Cuyahoga Valley National Park is known for its lush forests and rolling hills today, this wasn’t always the case — decades before this Midwestern site officially became a national park, severe ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Akron Fire Department was called to an oil spill in the Cuyahoga River on Saturday. According to a release from the Akron Fire Department, crews on scene confirmed oil in ...