MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — Hours of rain, freezing rain, and sleet has led to flooding and an ice jam along the Muskingum River north of Zanesville. The flooding river prompted a state of emergency and ...

ZANESVILLE ‒ The Muskingum River's water levels hit a 2025 high, but it barely compares to all-time records and doesn't even qualify as flooding by one metric. The Muskingum River waters hit its peak ...

Residents who live along the Muskingum River in Muskingum County had to be rescued from ice jams and flood waters. "I'm 46 years old, so I've been here all my life," Shawn Hutchison said. "[I have] ...

Photo by Doug Loyer The dragon boat paddlers were well guided and coached throughout their expedition. MARIETTA — The MOV’n Dragons Organization held its first of six Muskingum River Dragon Boat ...

EMA offices continue to monitor Muskingum and Walhonding rivers, while a new ice jam has developed north of Dresden. Muskingum County Emergency Management Director Jeff Jadwin said Thursday afternoon ...

ZANESVILLE, OH (WCMH) — Two jams between Zanesville and Dresden are still threatening homes downstream, but an official said this warm weather is helping melt that ice. Ellis Dam is the halfway point ...

MARIETTA — The male body found in the Muskingum River Thursday evening has been identified, according to the Washington County Sherrif’s Office. Jess Dixon, 35, of 22883 State Route 339, Beverly, was ...

The mystery sheen covering the Muskingum River in both Muskingum and Coshocton counties is a diatom algae bloom, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday. Diatom blooms do not create ...

ZANESVILLE − A long-closed road causing a sore spot for travelers in Zanesville will be fixed soon thanks to federal funding. The City of Zanesville has received $5.46 million from the Hazard ...

ZANESVILLE – The Muskingum River, in the area of Ellis Dam and Lock 11, contains the environmental DNA of bighead carp, an invasive species of voracious filter-feeding fish that threaten to decimate ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Authorities continued to scour the rain-swollen Muskingum River yesterday for two men presumed drowned after the boat they were in capsized on Tuesday near the Y Bridge. Authorities ...