BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Comite River Diversion Project is moving forward after many years of planning and delays. On Friday, federal and local leaders signed a new partnership ...

FARGO - North Dakota Republicans endorse their candidates in this year's state and federal races next weekend in Bismarck. GOP delegates will be deciding contested nominations for the top races. If ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) — St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are expressing their concerns over a river diversion project in Atchafalaya Basin, a project they say could lead ...

GARYVILLE, La. — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with ...

Dean Wilson, founder of the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, in the basin in October, 2024 with a butterfly on his hand (Sabrina Canfield/Courthouse News) BAYOU SORREL, La. (CN) — On a warm Saturday in ...

Project to restore the channel aims to remove 20 years worth of sediment. The dam is part of an overall project whose primary purpose is flood risk management. The Chippewa Diversion Dam is shown in ...

We are dismayed to see that federal officials, apparently disappointed by the slow pace of construction on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, have warned state leaders that the feds may try to claw ...