The Crescent River Port Pilots began assigning two pilots to the largest cargo ships in July, citing rising safety risks and ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 25. The M/V Sierra Dawn, operated by St. Louis, Mo.-based ARTCo, departed late afternoon ...

ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Columbia-Snake River stakeholders recently toured the Mississippi River system of locks and dams in a prelude to forming an alliance to promote and protect all U.S. river ...

The Mississippi River’s connection to Louisiana is existential. The river built the land on which many of us reside. As long ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- A new report finds the Upper Mississippi River System is getting cleaner, but there is still room for improvements. The Upper Mississippi River Basin Association reviewed water ...

During a recent hearing of the U.S. House Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee, lawmakers considered the merits of ...

Members of the Upper Mississippi River Waterway Association will tour the Columbia-Snake River system the week of June 23. The tour is the latest in an ongoing partnership with Pacific Northwest ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work ...

Downtown Davenport, including Modern Woodmen Park, is surrounded in May 2019 by Mississippi River floodwaters. The HR Green engineering firm of Cedar Rapids was assisting the Davenport City Council in ...

For the third consecutive year, historically low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are impacting the supply chain. While it isn’t translating into lost export business for the U.S., it’s ...

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers in the distance, Rob Burdis begins to drill a hole into the ice near his feet. Once the drill stops, the only ...