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Recent heavy rains and snow falls have the region’s shippers breathing a sigh of relief.It was feared that low water levels on the Mississippi River would…
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill want the federal government make a move on the St. Johns Bayou levee project.The project was proposed…
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The Army Corps of Engineers is working hard to deepen the Mississippi River's shipping channel. With water levels forecast to remain high enough only through January to float loaded barges, some say the only way to keep the river open next month will be to release water from the Missouri River.
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The Army Corps of Engineers will begin blasting Mississippi River rock outcrops near Thebes, Illinois on Tuesday. The rocks could impede barge traffic as…
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The Army Corps of Engineers will remove rock outcrops near Thebes, Illinois next week. That’s according to a press release from two river navigation trade…
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The Army Corps of Engineers say they will not change their position on releasing water from the Missouri River to help keep navigation afloat on the…
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Barge companies are urging President Barack Obama to declare an emergency on the Mississippi River.After a summer of drought, water levels there are near…
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The Army Corps of Engineers will continue with their plan to reduce water flows off the Missouri River later this month, but the Corps and the U.S. Coast…
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The lingering effects of this year’s drought may bring Mississippi River commerce to a screeching halt next month. Water flows from the Missouri River…
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WYATT, MO (KRCU) - Construction crews completed Phase One work at the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway center crevasse on Tuesday. Phase One brings the…