Friends of the Kaw volunteers dig 2 to 6 tons of battery cases out of sandbars each year. Now they’re eyeing an ambitious cleanup target for 2030.

The Kansas River has a new keeper. Laura Calwell, longtime member of Friends of the Kaw, became the temporary, part-time riverkeeper to replace a full-time pollution watchdog who was let go ...

Rescue crews helped pull a 54-year-old Kansas City man from the river Friday afternoon near Kaw Point, authorities said. The Kansas City, Kan., fire department said crews responded to a report ...

Steve Cringan stood in the bow of a flat-bottomed boat, long-handled net in hand, peering into the water as the craft glided along the banks of the Kansas River below the Bowersock Dam.