Mississippi River levels are rising in New Orleans, and restrictions are in effect to prevent damage to the earthen levee ...

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the ...

In 2013, Baton Rouge Water Co. spent $3 million to drill twin wells along North Street to intercept underground salt water creeping ... that water to the Mississippi River. The other well taps ...

Because of the extreme heat, saltwater intrusion at the Mississippi River, and the hard winter freeze, experts expected the drought to last several seasons. Now things are looking up for local ...