A Connecticut ship management company pleaded guilty Tuesday to deliberately dumping oily waste off the New Orleans coast.

With the deadly aftermath of Texas flooding on many Americans’ minds, few alive today remember the unprecedented flooding that spanned across Mississippi and six ...

Doug Aeilts was elected chairman of the Mid-America Port Commission (MAPC) by his fellow commissioners at their meeting ...

Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they ...

Not all jewels shine deep-green like emeralds or have the sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto the boat deck.

Tornado data is showing a shift in tornado alley to the east in recent years. Tornadoes are becoming more common east of the Mississippi River, and less common in areas like eastern Texas.

In fact, it’s a slow-moving shallow river, nicknamed the River of Grass. And, while the Mississippi is often credited as the widest river in the United States, the Everglades can be 50 miles wide or ...

CALEDONIA, Minn. and GENOA, Wis. (JOINT PRESS RELEASE- VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE) - ...

Tennessee, North Carolina and Louisiana have also redefined wetlands in their state laws and plan to allow more wetland ...

Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The storm crashed into the Gulf Coast and ...

President Trump is not the first to downplay providing federal emergency relief. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, ...

Learn about the iconic Mississippi River: its vibrant river history, crucial role among US rivers, diverse ecology, and the era of steamboats that shaped the nation.