The convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers near St. Louis fuels the region's infamous summer humidity and spring ...

Itching for a road trip, I pulled out a map of the Midwest. When my finger landed on Minneapolis I knew I had my destination.

A dangerous collision on Interstate 24 on Wednesday resulted in a road closure that rerouted traffic headed toward Illinois to the U.S. 45 Ohio River "Brookport" ...

The Niche site scored cities and towns across the country for affordability. One Mississippi town is in the Top 5 for the ...

The state appropriated $6 million in 2022 for a museum in Botetourt, but it’s taken until now to find the local match — and a place to put the facility.

Several sites along the Natchitoches Trace have been labeled as a persistent place, which is to say a place that has been ...

Jay Gibson started running marathons 20 years ago. Now, he’s one of just a few thousand to run one in every state.

More than 30 million people across 14 states rely on the Ohio River watershed for drinking water, recreation, and for their ...

Robert Macfarlane’s meditation on the life and times of great waterways poses many perplexing questions but answers few.

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United States for 2025.

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.