In total, the federal government footed the bill for the $39.46 million project via various congressional appropriations. The ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Wood River Drainage and Levee District, held a ...

The New Orleans East Bank Levee System is approximately 176 miles and is made up of Mississippi River Levees and the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System. The river levees are locally ...

ALTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Wood River Drainage and Levee District, ...

The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, floods and drinking water, among many others.

GRAMERCY — There’s a small area along the Mississippi River’s east bank where the land, buildings and roadways are rust-colored and where the air is frequently filled with the same ...

Atalco’s conveyor system moves imported bauxite ore from its Mississippi River dock into the refinery. Like all other structures in the area near the plant, it is covered in a layer of rust ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

In June, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers marks 250 years of nuts-and-bolts projects for military and communities across the ...

Bikers ride along the Mississippi River levee in Riverside Park in 2013 along side the Queen of the Mississippi. Tribune file photo Queen of the Mississippi ...

Ellie Hebert insists credit for restoring Plaquemine’s old lockhouse belongs to others — especially the Friends of the Lock, the local group that worked for years to save the 114-year-old ...

The Mississippi River has claimed countless lives over the years, and it kills indiscriminately, and many of its victims are ...