Rumpke says the Sept. 14 fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the air visible for miles prompted the facility to replace the lining of the landfill as a precaution.

The USDA has confirmed an Asian longhorned tick was pulled off a dog in Butler County. The tick is now confirmed in 24 Ohio counties, and is most likely present in even more.

In September, WVXU reported on trees changing their fall leaves too soon. Now there's a new tree phenomenon: second spring.

There are 11 cleanup sites along the riverbanks in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Water has always been a big part of the Fernald story. In the 1980s, nearby residents got the news: the water they'd been drinking was contaminated with uranium and other waste. Part of cleaning up the superfund site meant making the groundwater and surface water safe, and repairing the damage to the aquifer and the Paddys Run watershed.

Ohio is one of the top pumpkin-producing states, according to Ohio State University Extension.

Funding for Gov. Mike DeWine's water quality initiative was significantly reduced in the state budget signed July 1.

Efforts to add more trees to Cincinnati’s landscape are underway as summer comes to an end.

Metropolitan Sewer District Director Diana Christy says the increased cost of constructing a new pump station at the Mill Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant may require rate increases, but not large ones.

Apple crops can be sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation, like the heavy rainfall the Tri-State saw earlier this summer.