Local environmental groups, including the Sierra Club Eagle View Group and the Quad City Audubon Society, as well as ...

A strategic plan is making its way through Rock Island City Hall as city leaders figure out the best way to address housing ...

Rock Island city candidates took questions from some of their youngest constituents Wednesday night. The Rock Island County NAACP holds a candidate forum every election cycle, but this is the first ...

The first “roost-in” will be at the Milan Bottoms, and the next one will be at Rock Island City Hall. The City of Rock Island has said it plans to build a mini-mart in the Milan Bottoms ...

Activists plan to continue their efforts, with another sit-in scheduled for Monday, March 17 at 4:30 p.m. at Rock Island City Hall.

Rock Island Mayor Mike Thoms has promised the City Council is “100%” behind establishing a conservation easement prohibiting development of the Milan Bottoms wetland. The city only intends to ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — More than 100 environmental ... half of Quad Cities bald eagles spend their winter nights, but the city said the TIF district can help protect the wetlands.