Health officials are warning people and their pets to avoid parts of the James River and Gravely Run Creek in Hopewell after untreated sewage is being released.

James River . According to VDH, swallowing contaminated water can cause gastrointestinal illnesses, with vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain or fever.

Fuel from the storm drain outfall then entered the James River at the deep water terminal. The tanker was carrying about 7,500 gallons of fuel; of that, 650 gallons were recovered from the tanker ...

The James River was given that grade nearly four months after a sewage spill forced people out of the water for an extended period of time. The James River Association said the river has received ...

If you are planning to swim, play and paddle in the waters of the James River in the next week or so, there is a word of caution. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that about 2.6 million gallons ...

If you are planning to swim, play and paddle in the waters of the James River in the next week or so, there is a word of caution. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that about 2.6 million gallons ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Friday, the Virginia Department of Health extended a ban on harvesting shellfish from parts of the James River, after a sewage spill affected the waterway on Jan. 4. Initially ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia health officials are lifting James River swimming restrictions now that bacteria concentrations have reached an acceptable level a week after hundreds of thousands ...

A trucking company has been cited by environmental regulators for a tanker wreck that spilled about 3,200 gallons of diesel fuel into the James River near Buchanan. Pilot Travel Centers agreed to ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — About three days after a pipe failed along 16th Street in Newport News — discharging 29 million gallons of untreated wastewater –Hampton Roads Sanitatio… ...

A family of turtles plopped in the James River as a boat approached them Thursday afternoon, not far from where a CSX train derailed and spewed flaming oil into their ...

The tanker cars that derailed in Lynchburg last week, burst into a fireball and spilled 20,000 gallons of crude oil into the James River caught Virginians by surprise, but experts warn it’s l… ...