Significantly high levels of E. coli were detected when testing samples from the James River from several points near Richmond's downtown area.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond environmentalists are calling for changes to city wastewater and sewage systems to protect the James River. This after a leak in January that dumped 250 million gallons ...

Editor's Note: This essay appeared in Cognoscenti's newsletter of ideas and opinions, delivered weekly on Sundays. To become a subscriber, sign up here. When I first moved to Richmond, Virginia, 25 ...

The order that closed the nation’s founding river was bureaucratically frank. The Virginia State Board of Health had become aware of conditions in the James River, from the fall line at Richmond to ...