The region is also an economic hub, responsible for a huge amount of tourism, fishing, cargo shipping, and crude oil production. Along with human life, the Mississippi River Delta is home to an ...

The seventh annual Cook-Off for the Coast at Docville Farm in St. Bernard Parish saw approximately 1,200 attendees and raised ...

It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...

The subcommittee oversees spending in several agencies, such as the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority, which is a federal-state partnership to ...

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

One of my favorite things about the Delta--both the Arkansas and Mississippi sides of the river--is the large number of colorful characters who inhabit the region.

Divided today into 10 counties (Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines, Lee), Iowa’s Mississippi region plays a crucial role in the state’s ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...