Senate votes to extend federal water projects law
The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in ...
Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun ...
Town under siege by river seeks buyout
For 40 years, Shirley Moss has lived in the same home in a tiny southeast Missouri town, but as the sandbags piled up yet again, she didn't hesitate ...
Appeals court upholds EPA block on W.Va. mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest ...
Mayors press for federal focus on Miss. River
Mayors from communities along the Mississippi River said Thursday that they would work with federal lawmakers to sharpen the national focus on the ...
Shipping bounces back as Mississippi River rises
Mississippi River shippers have returned to hauling full loads after several storms and aggressive rock-clearing helped deepen the waterway, ...
Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fish
Live Asian carp don't necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday ...
2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record
Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of ...
Mississippi River shipping resumes at Ill. lock
A key stretch of the Mississippi River reopened to shipping Wednesday after hasty repairs were made to a lock damaged by a barge, marking the latest ...
AP IMPACT: Deficient levees found across America
Inspectors taking the first-ever inventory of flood control systems overseen by the federal government have found hundreds of structures at risk of ...
Mississippi rock blasting puts river in ship shape
Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi ...
Corps praised for averting Miss. River shutdown
Shippers who have idled towboats and lightened barge loads as the Mississippi River shrinks from drought credit the waterway's stewards for so far ...
Army Corps tamps down barge worries on Mississippi
Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping ...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats.
Mississippi River drops, threatening barge traffic
The Mississippi River level is dropping again and barge industry trade groups warned Thursday that river commerce could essentially come to a halt as ...
Storms improve outlook for Mississippi River
A release of water from the Missouri River and recent snow and rain are offering some relief for the Mississippi River. Though still dangerously low, ...
Senator: Rock removal on Mississippi to start soon
Crews might be allowed to begin destroying two rock pinnacles impeding barge traffic on the Mississippi River as early as next week, more than a month ...
APNewsBreak: Corps not budging on Miss. River flap
The Army Corps of Engineers has turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge operators to release more water from the Missouri River, ...
Drought revives old water war among river states
The water wars are raging again in America's heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri ...
Mississippi River dropping slower than expected
A revised Mississippi River forecast offered a bit of a reprieve for shippers Wednesday, showing the water level isn't dropping as quickly as feared.
Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges
After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water ...
APNewsBreak: Senators ask Obama to protect river
A group of U.S. senators will ask President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on the drought-riddled ...
As Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors
For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous ...
Big bill for levee upkeep comes to New Orleans
In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans' flood-control leaders, there's an uneasy feeling about what lies ahead. By the time the next ...
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