Cuyahoga River

A half a century ago, an infamous fire on the Cuyahoga River helped spur the passage of the Clean Water Act. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials and clean water advocates met in Cleveland Tuesday to mark its 50th anniversary.

Several studies have drawn a connection between living in neighborhoods that were subject to redlining, the historic discriminatory mortgage lending practices instituted in the 1930s, and an increased likelihood that a resident will suffer from asthma today. Experts say the historic systems and structures which pushed many African Americans into redlined communities affect many Cleveland and Akron residents who live in the Ohio Valley Asthma Belt today.

The fourth annual event celebrates 50 years since passage of the Clean Water Act.

The railroad is modifying its route in Brecksville over safety concerns.

Near the mouth of the Black River in Lorain, Biden talked about the 1987 International Joint Commission, formed by the United States and Canada, that identified 43 places in the Great Lakes region where pollution threatened the area's health.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish has issued a county-wide mask advisory for indoor public spaces regardless of vaccination status; The Ohio Redistricting Commission has approved new state House and Senate maps that is likely to guarantee a Republican supermajority for the next four years; the Kent State University Board of Trustees has approved a merger between WKSU and Ideastream Public Media; and more stories.

Residents say the zoning code should call for less density, more green practices in future developments around the CVNP.

The pandemic brought more boaters to the Cuyahoga River last summer, along with higher rates of accidents and injuries.

If no capable nonprofit is available to take it over, the Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light will be auctioned off to a private buyer.

The Franklin County Board of Elections says voters who received incorrect absentee ballots will receive corrected replacement ballots; The Cleveland Museum of Art has announced furloughs and layoffs to help fill a $6.2 million budget deficit; the Cuyahoga River will become more crooked thanks to a federal grant to add more curves to the river.