At least one Mississippi official believes the Army Corps is being more cautious with spillway openings because of past ...

The predicted flow rate of the Mississippi River is just below the threshold for a partial opening of the Bonnet Carré ...

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...

The Mississippi River is approaching levels that could trigger a full operation for the first time in four years.