The City of Burlington will require manufacturers that send forever chemicals to the city’s wastewater treatment plant to find ways to eliminate them, as part of a settlement agreement between the ...

The Haw River flows into Jordan Lake. A new study found fish in both bodies of water contain toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The Haw River and Jordan Lake provide drinking water for almost a million ...

An environmental advocacy group has listed North Carolina's Haw River among the most endangered in the country, saying polluted runoff threatens drinking water supplies and recreational activities ...

BYNUM — On March 22, the Haw River Assembly hosted its 35th annual Clean-Up-A-Thon. Clean-up efforts took place in the Haw River watershed and around Jordan Lake in Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Chatham ...

It’s a sunny cool morning at New Hope Bottomlands Trail in Durham in early November. A diverse group of about 20 volunteers ranging from a retired couple to a Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill meets in ...

Jordan Lake has risen more than 12 feet with all of July's rainfall to 228.5 feet, well above its normal height of 216 feet. The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from Jordan Lake into the ...

BYNUM — The 34th annual Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon earlier this month collected a total of more than 600 pounds of trash just in Alamance County, the Haw River Assembly announced. The March 16 event ...

The Haw River cuts through North Carolina’s Piedmont region from its source in Forsyth County. Below Jordan Lake, it joins the Deep River to form the Cape Fear River, which empties into the Atlantic ...

Melissa Hoose, outdoor programs supervisor of Burlington Parks and Recreation, leads the over 55 hiking group on their weekly hike on Thursday, July 13, 2023 along the Haw River at Glencoe Paddle ...