WASHINGTON, N.C. — All sites on the Tar-Pamlico get the clean-water go-ahead for the Fourth of July weekend. Clay Barber, Sound Rivers’ program director, says the unusual lack of rain this ...

Each week, a team of Sound Rivers’ volunteers gathers water samples at 54 popular recreation sites along the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico river basins, from the Raleigh-Durham area to the Pamlico Sound.

Each week, a group of volunteers gather water samples at more than 50 popular recreation sites from the Raleigh-Durham area to the Pamlico Sound. The samples are tested for E. coli and released to ...

Four sites on the Neuse River and two sites on the Tar-Pamlico failed the Sound Rivers Swim Guide test this week.