The Mississippi River rises to flood stage surrounding a highway outside Memphis in 2016. Memphis is again flooding this month after heavy rains. (Andrew Breig/Daily Memphian) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

State highway officials say they expect to choose a route for a new Mississippi River bridge by year’s end — unless further ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in Washington ...

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River. It's a bit larger than the ...

Those who have lived in Memphis for any period of time know the river is essential to the city's development, but how well acquainted are you with the river? The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 ...

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, named the Mississippi River the "most endangered river" of 2025. The group publishes a list yearly of at-risk rivers that the public ...

Year-over-year Mississippi River levels at St. Louis and Memphis are currently measuring above last year. But, without significant rain in the forecast and concerns for the volume of water coming from ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Officials are one step closer to creating a trail connecting the Mississippi River to the Rock River. Moline city officials, local bicycle clubs and area organizations hosted a ribbon ...

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