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Bonnet Carré Spillway opening 'seems a certainty' as Mississippi River rises, state says
The U.S. Army Corps has not announced a spillway opening, and says they are continuing to monitor the forecast. The agency ...
How this Illinois-based nonprofit is working to keep the Mississippi River mighty
Living Lands & Waters is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1998 by Chad Pregracke. While living and working on the ...
Davenport Fire boathouse briefly adrift after mechanical failure on Mississippi River
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A mechanical issue with a fire boat caused the Davenport Fire Department’s boathouse to drift downstream ...
Mississippi River deemed most endangered river in U.S., conservation group says
A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the ...
Why Mississippi River is top of endangered rivers list. What West Tennesseans need to know
The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...
University of Minnesota professor, students work to identify plastics in Mississippi River
Ebtehaj works at the University of Minnesota's lab on the river at St. Anthony Falls. For the past four years, he and his ...
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A river runs through it: Here are 8 Baton Rouge-area restaurants along the mighty Mississippi
The Mississippi will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise,” Mark Twain wrote in the ...
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Rising Mississippi River triggers increased precautions in New Orleans, Baton Rouge
The Corps of Engineers ran a test of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday in preparation for the possibility it will have to ...
New jobs, new houses and new life for old Mississippi River Museum | Mane Street Memphis
This week's Mane Street covers new jobs coming to Memphis, new housing in Soulsville and the latest on Baron Von Opperbean ...
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Mississippi River expected to crest next week in Vicksburg
Rising water from the Mississippi River is putting emergency crews and neighbors in Vicksburg on alert. In early April, ...