Boone County Water Rescue is expecting a large increase in boat traffic this weekend (8/18/2023-8/20/2023) for the “Rock the River” charity event benefiting Cecil Dye Foundation. Expect large fast moving boats on the Ohio River from Riverbend down to Rising Sun, IN all weekend.

'They're going extremely fast': Power boats run the Ohio this weekend for Rock the River wcpo.com/news/local-new…

Ohio River Closure Sunday August 27, 2023 from 8am to 9:30 AM between Daniel Carter Beard (Big Mac) bridge and the Taylor Southgate Bridge for the Great Ohio River Swim. Campbell County KY Office of Emergency Management City of Cincinnati Cincy Fire & EMS City of Newport NewportFireEMS Adventure Crew

🚨No wake zone 🚨will be on the Ohio River from ORM 473.0 to 464.0 and on the Licking River from mile 0.0 to 0.3 and will be enforced from noon on 9/3/23 to 3:00 AM on 9/4/23. 🚨River Closure🚨 is ORM 469.2 to 470.5 and Licking River mile 0.0 to 0.3 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Please avoid the area of the Roebling Suspension Bridge. Crews are investigating a threat similar to last week's. If you're headed to the Bengals game, you may want to find an alternate route. #covkypd

Please use caution in the area of Ohio River MM 472 (West of the Southern Railroad Bridge) for a dive operation. #BooneCountyWaterRescue #safetyonthewater #bcwr #OhioRiver

Press Release for 10/27/2023

Boone County Water Rescue will be conducting Dive Operations/ Training on 12/30/23. Please see release below.

🚨🚨Training Announcement 🚨🚨 Boone County Water Rescue will be training at Camp Ernst Lake on Sunday January 21st around noon. There will be people on the ice and in the water, with a large presence of emergency vehicles. No need to worry!

Carroll County KY Detail Release

Release for dispatched detail for Barge/ Dock Adrift on Ohio River.

Press Release for recovery of vehicle with occupant from Ohio River in Augusta KY

🚨 Joint Training Exercise 🚨 No need to worry about the amount of first responders in the Ohio River today. We are participating in a joint training exercise.

🚨🚨 River Closure July 3rd 🚨🚨 See Release Below for River Closure Information

🚨🚨🚨 WARNING 🚨🚨🚨 All river traffic on Ohio River by I-75 bridge please hold to the Kentucky side of the river due to an active investigation being conducted on Ohio side.

We have been receiving a lot of calls about detail on the river today at 6 pm. Please see Official Release below.