Blues music was born in the Mississippi River delta, a pivotal event in American music history. You can visit the place historians call the Home of the Blues.

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Today marks 5 years since two hunters went missing in the Mississippi Delta. 16-year-old Gunner Palmer ...

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. NEW ORLEANS, La. – ...

The iconic Mississippi River Delta is of enormous importance to the country, especially near the Gulf Coast. It's an economic engine and a key wildlife habitat. But it's shrinking considerably due to ...

The Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative (MissDelta) is a long-term project of the Gulf Research Program (GRP) that aims to advance the science and understanding of the future physical ...

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. The Mississippi Delta is the area formed by the ...

When  Tommy and Libba Goodman moved from Birmingham to Carrollton in 2008, Tommy was returning to particularly familiar ...

Community Development Director Billye Jean Stroud has been selected by the Delta Regional Authority, along with 32 other ...