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The Silent Killer: You Can Help Fix This With Proper Diet And Exercise Grilled romaine with heart-healthy salad dressing.

The Silent Killer: You Can Help Fix This With Proper Diet And Exercise

November 21, 2022

 If you or someone you know has high blood pressure, there are ways to lower it. Having high blood pressure means your heart must work harder to pump blood through… Read More

Low River Reveals Hidden Treasures This wreck, exposed by the low water, is probably the remains of the ferry Brookhill, which sank at Baton Rouge in 1915. (Photo courtesy of P.J. Hahn

Low River Reveals Hidden Treasures

October 31, 2022

With the Mississippi River dipping below low water marks not seen in decades, many people who live beside it are seizing the opportunity to venture along the river’s ever-growing batture… Read More

Fall Is Here And The Deer Are Near Deer tips and gravy.

Fall Is Here And The Deer Are Near

October 20, 2022

Well, it is that time of year when you see blazing orange and camouflage colors. No, not Halloween, it is deer season. Deer season typically starts in early September and… Read More

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure  Larry the Lock is a children’s book written and illustrated by Ashley Daugherty to illustrate the work locks perform on the river within the district. Daugherty has always had a love for art and reading. While pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, she had the chance to work as an intern at the Pittsburgh Engineer District. Daugherty wanted to make the mission of a lock more understandable, especially to children. (Illustration by Ashley Daugherty)

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure 

September 30, 2022

Thanks to the work of a Pittsburgh Engineer District intern, children are being introduced to an old lock by a new name: Larry the Lock. The lock, known to adults… Read More

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah A St. Mary High School student practices throwing a line as part of a station sponsored by Maritime Throwdown. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah

September 23, 2022

More than 150 juniors and seniors from five western Kentucky high schools had their chance to learn about the river industry at RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event September… Read More

Watch Your Budget With The Rising Costs Of Groceries Pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw.

Watch Your Budget With The Rising Costs Of Groceries

September 22, 2022

Oh my gosh! Groceries are outrageous! As with most places, we have a budget to follow when purchasing groceries for the boat. Beef, pork and chicken seem like they have… Read More

Long-Distance Paddler Returns To Paducah Long-distance canoeist Neal Moore brings a kayak to shore at the Paducah, Ky., riverfront on August 17 after a brief paddle around Owens Island at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers with Jeff Canter of the Tennessee Riverline initiative. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Long-Distance Paddler Returns To Paducah

September 19, 2022

Long-distance paddler Neal Moore returned to Paducah, Ky., recently to speak about his 7,500-mile canoe trip in 2020-21 across 22 rivers from the West to East coasts. Ken Wheeler, retired… Read More

Paskewich Recalls Hurricane Katrina Response

September 9, 2022

The summer of 2022 witnessed the first August without a named tropical storm in many years, and the Propeller Club of New Orleans had unknowingly chosen an ideal time for… Read More

Mat Sinking Unit Marks 74th Year, New ARMOR 1 Due Out In 2024 The mv. Harrison bringing the revetment crew back to the MSU after lunch. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Mat Sinking Unit Marks 74th Year, New ARMOR 1 Due Out In 2024

September 2, 2022

Somewhere south of Vicksburg, Miss., on the Mississippi River, there’s a crew numbering more than 275 working to do its part in keeping the river on its current course. Levees,… Read More

Family Reconnected With Son’s Message In A Bottle, Thanks To Shipyard Workers Dahl family members visit with Big River Shipbuilders team members; from left are: Turner Williams, Billy Mitchell, Eric Dahl, T.J. Smith, Melanie Dahl, Chris Dahl and Brad Babb. (Photo courtesy of Eric Dahl)

Family Reconnected With Son’s Message In A Bottle, Thanks To Shipyard Workers

August 30, 2022

Thirty-three years ago, students in Martha Burnett’s sixth grade class penned handwritten letters, rolled them up, slipped them into bottles and sealed them with wax. The classmates later field-tripped from… Read More

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