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Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill met with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the…
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The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation that would name the new Mississippi River Bridge under construction in St. Louis after…
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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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Missouri’s two U.S. Senators are calling for a stakeholder meeting to discuss how to close a 1,500 foot gap in a Mississippi River levee located in the…
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The Army Corps of Engineers has begun rock removal work at Grand Tower. The new pinnacle extraction project comes at a time of rising river levels.One…
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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 Mississippi River's water level is dropping again and barge industry trade groups warn that river commerce could essentially come to a halt by…
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Southbound barges on the Mississippi River carry grain destined for world markets. Those barges regularly pass northbound tows with thousands of tons of…
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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…