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The Mill Creek Alliance is getting ready to modify the two largest remaining low head dams, improving the stream for wildlife and making it safer for people.

People in the neighborhoods just west of the Mill Creek are excited about big projects improving the area after years of disinvestment. But they also wonder if those changes will make their communities less affordable.

A national initiative is investing in Cincinnati's shared-use trail system to help close gaps on the West Side.

Once an industrial powerhouse, lots of land in the heart of Hamilton County hosts vacant factories and brownfields. But there are efforts to bring those areas back to life.

The silos have stood 250 feet over Millvale and North Fairmount since 1915. For many in the community, they've come to symbolize the environmental and economic challenges the neighborhoods have faced.

Camp Washington juxtaposes air quality issues and the need for green space with a resurgent Mill Creek and even bald eagle sightings.

A power failure at the Mill Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant earlier this month caused partially treated and untreated waste to be released into the Mill Creek and Ohio River for a few days.

Air quality measurements were at normal levels when it started working again Sunday.

Transformers at the Mill Creek treatment plant were in the process of being replaced when one failed, cutting power, which stopped the treatment of sewage.

From bald eagles to rare salamanders, the Mill Creek Alliance presented data and stories at its annual presentation about the successes of the creek — once named one of the most endangered waterways in the country — and shared some ongoing challenges.