Worldwide, water obtained from tidal rivers for human use is threatened by saltwater intrusion. This is the result of a recent study by an international research team led by the University of Maryland ...

A new paper published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters warns of an emerging global threat posed by salt contamination of water supplies in tidal rivers worldwide. The paper, co-authored ...

The Houma native will have to navigate the complex layers of Louisiana politics in addition to the turbulence in Washington, ...

As the state continues to lose land, advocates argue that the demise of the Mid-Barataria diversion project will leave coastal communities only more vulnerable.

The state on Thursday officially canceled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Louisiana's biggest-ever coastal restoration ...

University of Minnesota researchers: More nature, less concrete to control Mississippi River flooding U researchers are working with communities to help residents, farmers and local governments ...

Construction crews are making major progress on the Mississippi River Bridge in Lansing.

A man was rescued by strangers after his vehicle rolled into the Mississippi River off Interstate 90 between Dakota and La Crescent on Monday.

KALAMA — A group of Mississippi River shipping industry figures were treated to a tour of the Columbia-Snake river grain export system last week by the Washington Association of Wheat Growers ...

A man jumped off a bridge into the Mississippi River while fleeing a traffic stop in Davenport early Sunday morning.

A man wanted on warrants jumped into the Mississippi River to avoid arrest Sunday morning. He was rescued and taken into custody.

Mississippi River Festival act Kassi Ashton gives a brief message to the audience after her set was cut short by the weather delay on Saturday. Her father was in the audience at the Alton ...