CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - State biologists are advising the public to stay away from the Chowan River due to an algae bloom that can be harmful to people, pets, and fish. The Division of Water ...

Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 -- I motored along the shoreline of the Chowan River admiring giant cypress trees growing well out into the water. We beached the skiff on several occasions to look at steep sand ...

HERTFORD, NC (WVEC) -- An aircraft has gone down in North Carolina's Chowan River, Hertford County Sheriff Dexter Hayes confirms. Sheriff Hayes says the aircraft is a seaplane, and is reportedly ...

A green slime of algae covered a Chowan County neighborhood canal so completely it looked like a continuation of grass from the waterfront lawns. Residents avoid it. They don’t fish or swim in it, ...

CHOWAN RIVER, N.C. (WITN) - This morning, boaters on an eastern North Carolina river were in for an icy surprise. As two duck hunters set sail from the Edenton Marina, they encountered frozen waters ...

Since 2000, a 600-foot portion of the old Chowan River bridge has sat parallel to the newer bridge that carries traffic between Chowan and Bertie counties. Chowan County, the town of Edenton and North ...

Officials in North Carolina are warning residents to avoid contact with green or blue water in the Chowan River because of an algal bloom. N.C. Division of Water Resources said in a news release that ...

CHOWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) — Don’t go swimming in the Chowan River in North Carolina. State officials have issued a warning for part of the waterway after finding high levels of algae blooms. Algae ...

A state agency is advising residents of Chowan and Bertie counties to avoid green or blue green water caused by an algal bloom that’s lingered in the Chowan River since last week. N.C. Department of ...

Areas of the river that are impacted include Bertie and Chowan counties, with reports of the bloom along the eastern and western shorelines from Harrellsville downstream to the Edenton Bay area, as ...

TYNER, N.C. – The body of a fisherman who went missing was found not too far from his boat on the Chowan River. According to officials, the man was found dead around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, July 13 in ...