The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) has announced its schedule of public meetings aboard the mv. Mississippi during the commission’s low-water inspection trip. The MRC is under new leadership, following the… Read More
Mississippi Valley Engineer Division
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) concluded its yearly high-water inspection trip in the Big Easy March 31, with the mv. Mississippi docking at the New Orleans Engineer District’s headquarters in… Read More
Standing aboard the mv. Mississippi for the Mississippi River Commission’s annual high-water inspection trip March 27, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland said this trip would be her last aboard the vessel. Read More
Many people welcomed the news on November 5 when the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $2.5 billion in waterways infrastructure funding. Edward Belk Jr., P.E. Read More
The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division recently selected George Stringham, deputy public affairs chief for the St. Paul Engineer District, as the division’s public affairs officer of the year. The Mississippi… Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced March 12 that the Record of Decision for the Mississippi River Mainline Levees Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement II has been signed by Maj. Gen. Read More
Officials from the Corps of Engineers celebrated the Corps’ unprecedented achievement in completing the simultaneous upgrades and repairs to six locks and dams in the Illinois Waterway system in presentations… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers is receiving its first female commander: Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland, who was promoted to the post from her current position… Read More
Tucked away just north of where the Yazoo River meets the Mississippi River, at the southernmost point of the fertile Mississippi Delta, lies the Port of Vicksburg, a well-developed industrial… Read More
Maj. Gen. Mark Toy assumed command of the Mississippi Valley Engineer Division in a formal change of command ceremony July 23 at the Vicksburg (Miss.) Convention Center. The ceremony was… Read More