Because of prolonged cold weather, pancake ice has formed on the Upper Potomac River near ... a blanket of snow and ice. The river above Great Falls was frozen along the banks, but a channel ...

D.C. Water is dropping crews and a 14-ton drilling rig just north of Great Falls in Virginia to gather samples for a future sewer project.

I’ve been here many times, on both sides of the river, and always marvel at how beautiful and powerful and unique are the falls and the Potomac – all this just a few miles from my home in Northern Va.