Louisiana officials are moving forward on several major flood protection projects as the state prepares for hurricane season ...

Louisiana officials are moving forward on several major flood protection projects as the state prepares for hurricane season ...

Every time the U.S. Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana to deal with Mississippi River flooding, ...

DMR is hosting a meeting about the 2020 Bonnet Carre Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program for wild oyster and shrimp recovery assistance. The meeting takes place Tuesday, June 10 at 5:30 at ...

Interstate 10 westbound briefly closed as authorities worked to recover a body after witnesses reported seeing a person take his own life.

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans' levee system comes at a cost: The rush of ...

By Tuesday, April 29, USACE expects water flow at Bonnet Carré to exceed 1.28 million cubic feet per second, triggering the opening of 30 to 60 bays on the spillway until levels dip back to 1.25 ...

Oyster reefs have yet to recover from the prolonged opening in 2019 of the Bonnet Carré Spillway that released Mississippi River floodwaters into Lake Pontchartrain and the Sound. The Army Corps ...

The bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway remained closed in 2021 as water heights didn't reach the threshold needed to trigger its opening. Punching two more channels upriver from the Bonnet Carré ...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Friday that construction to replace both the Cheniere Lake spillway and attached bridge on Louisiana 3033 in West Monroe ...