The Tug Fork watershed is that it has no federal flood control dams to hold back runoff the way neighboring watersheds do.

See photos from recovery and cleanup efforts in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia on March 4, 2025, following flooding ...

Three weeks after devastating floods swept through McDowell County, West Virginia on Feb. 15-16, 2025, residents of Welch are ...

DEER LODGE — Sam Carlson told the small but attentive crowd that he understands the skepticism accompanying the prolonged Superfund remediation of the historically beleaguered Clark Fork River. “It’s ...

NWS officials spent Tuesday in several parts of Mingo County -- an area that was hit particularly hard with flooding by the Tug Fork River. NWS members Nick Webb, Megan Kiebler and Simone Lewis ...

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game reports steelhead broodstock collection on the South Fork of the Clearwater River is off to a great start. Every year since 2010, Idaho Fish and Game has ...

The Tug Fork River swelled to a historic 22.1 feet, leaving devastation in its wake. Amid the destruction, something else has emerged: the unshakable strength of the people who call this place home.

GARY, W.Va. — Flood damage in McDowell County is widespread. It’s not just Welch but it’s most every other community that saw damage from last weekend’s flood including the town of Gary ...

On Thursday, Gov. Morrisey reported parts of McDowell County, where three people died, received 4.72 inches of rain in less than 48 hours, which led to the Tug Fork River cresting at 49 feet.

Dave Elmstrom knew what he would do when the Trump administration’s resignation offer, titled “Fork in the Road,” landed in his inbox: take it. Elmstrom, a probationary employee at the U.S ...

A search was underway Monday in McDowell County for three missing people while recovery efforts were underway there and across West Virginia and Virginia after a combination of snow melts and heavy ...