Heavy downpours earlier in Slidell & Mississippi induced flooded roadways Saturday night
Heavy downpours earlier in Slidell & Mississippi induced flooded roadways Saturday night Some areas reported 6-10 inches of rain Saturday as heavy rain pummeled elements of Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. LITTLE MORE THAN $4,500. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. IT’S…
See inside new Algiers occasion venue opening alongside the Mississippi River
KEY TAKEAWAYS: The Patterson is ready to open in June for weddings, company gatherings, retreats, and in a single day stays. The practically four-acre property alongside the Mississippi River options Thirties-era buildings. Mixed capability throughout the 2 predominant occasion buildings…
Paraquat and Parkinson’s: Contained in the dangers in Wayne County, Mississippi
This week on Behind the Lens: “Paraquat and Parkinson’s.” Wayne County, Mississippi is the most important emitter of paraquat on the planet, an herbicide linked to the fastest-growing neurodegenerative illness. Environmental reporter Delaney Nolan explains the security considerations and what they…
Mississippi River web site offered for Hyundai metal mill
KEY TAKEAWAYS: State of Louisiana bought a 1,700-acre industrial tract close to Donaldsonville Web site will help Hyundai Metal‘s $5.8B U.S. metal manufacturing facility Venture marks Hyundai Metal’s first manufacturing plant in the US Improvement anticipated to create greater than…
Rouses Markets to amass 10 Winn-Dixie shops in Louisiana, Mississippi
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Rouses Markets to amass 10 Winn-Dixie areas in Louisiana and Mississippi. Transition and rebranding anticipated to finish in early 2026. Deliberate retailer remodels will improve layouts, tools, and recent departments. Acquisition expands Rouses’ footprint to 76 shops throughout…
Mississippi man lifeless following St. Tammany Parish crash
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A Mississippi man is lifeless following a crash that occurred in St. Tammany Parish on Saturday, July 12. Based on the Louisiana State Police, troopers with Troop L started investigating the crash, which occurred…
Monitoring the sediment carried by the muddy Mississippi
Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo by way of the Southwest Cross transport channel on the river’s finish to succeed in main ports that deal with 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce. For nearly 100…
Via a brand new Mississippi River channel, Mom Nature exhibits the land-building energy of sediment diversions
As politicians argue over simply how a lot land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion might construct alongside a quickly sinking coast, geologist Alex Kolker repeatedly makes the 65-mile drive down from New Orleans to doc Neptune Move, the most important new…
A Mississippi flood aid venture may hurt 90,000 acres of precious wetlands. Is it definitely worth the tradeoff?
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Anderson Jones first remembers his dwelling flooding in 1973, when water from the close by Mississippi River blanketed his household’s 10-acre farm and surrounded the shotgun home his father constructed, leaving it an island. The household…
Mississippi River named probably the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a nationwide conservation group says, due to federal plans to chop flood-relief applications as extreme climate threats develop. American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, has for the previous 40 years…