River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits ...

Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative ...

A record number of dolphin died during prolonged openings of the Bonnet Carré Spillway. MS Coast groups want to do something about it.

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt ...

Mayors meeting in Baton Rouge say drought policy and funding to address drinking water issues needed for Mississippi River ...

Armed with new protections, this turtle could be the catalyst for halting a huge and controversial engineering project ...

For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River.

The danger of "life-threatening" coastal storm surge remained a major concern from the sixth and strongest storm of the ...

How we turned one of our country’s biggest rivers into a machine — and what happens when that machine starts to break down.

On Wednesday, mayors from the Midwestern Corn Belt joined mayors from Louisiana to sign the Mississippi River Ports ...

The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits ...