Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. A Baton Rouge Magnet High student is studying the ...

The panel, led by Mississippi River Basin Panel administrator Elizabeth Brown, works to prevent invasive species like algae ...

A commission has recommended grants be awarded to several juvenile jails, including one in East Baton Rouge Parish and one in ...

Louisiana State Police said the westbound lanes of US Hwy 190 were closed and motorists should expect delays. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office said it responded to the crash and the ...

A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

Other approved flood control projects will be funded along the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, including the Ouachita River in Louisiana. Several counties in Mississippi will also ...

The seventh annual Cook-Off for the Coast at Docville Farm in St. Bernard Parish saw approximately 1,200 attendees and raised ...

The beauty of Iowa’s Mississippi River counties is revelatory ... along with the territory of French Louisiana, which extended from New Orleans to northern Montana, was ceded to Spain.

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation measures throughout the river system, ecological restoration, and a $6 billion ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...