In this guest column, New Orleans native Randy Fertel argues that the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion finally ...

Lawsuits have stalled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion effort, so officials have threatened to pull funding.

The band Big Blue Sky performs on a riverboat, adding to a long tradition of music inspired and transported by the Mississippi River.

Herds of sheep, wrangled by Turkish sheepdogs, and rows of wide solar panels take up the same land that used to be covered in ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has three contested U.S. House elections and one incumbent who will win another term with ...

A good many people have never heard of the Clarksdale-headquartered Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, so its work to ...

WAPT's Meteorologist Isabel Davis has the latest forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi. 16 WAPT's Meteorologist Isabel Davis has the latest forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi. 16 WAPT ...

A federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems would send water south. That could harm more salmon ...

Nearly half a dozen rural Arkansas communities will receive millions of federal dollars to fund upgrades for infrastructure projects, including rail lines and water systems.

The Helena Bridge connecting Arkansas and Mississippi is receiving a nearly $44 million grant as part of its ongoing rehabilitation process.

The first in the West floodgate has been unveiled on high-risk Smith Canal in Stockton. Here's what to know about a project ...