The lead singer of a national touring rock band claims Luzerne County officials canceled the group’s scheduled performance at this Friday’s Rockin’ the River event for political reasons.

STRONACH TOWNSHIP, MI — Work is beginning on a new lamprey barrier on the Little Manistee River where salmon and steelhead eggs are collected.

Several ironwood trees - named for their dense wood used for mauls, axes and hammers - lay across the banks completely uprooted. The banks themselves have eroded and made the river wider, leaving trails closest to the river exposed.

Columbus fire rescue workers pulled a body with a gunshot wound out of the Olentangy River near Lower.com field, according to Columbus police.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 54-year-old victim, of Neosho, jumped into the Elk River above the dam July 20 to help a boater caught in the dam’s hydraulics. But he was pulled into the strong current and carried through the dam, troopers said.

Juan Heredia, a scuba instructor from Stockton, has developed a strange specialty: He has found the bodies of a dozen drowning victims in California rivers after authorities had either given up or paused searches because they deemed conditions too dangerous.

The Colorado River from Glenwood Springs to the Utah border is now considered positive for zebra mussels, an invasive species known to devastate ecosystems and clog critical infrastructure.

As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.