The Mississippi River Commission canceled its annual low-water inspection trip and public hearings on board the mv. Mississippi, which had been scheduled for August 23–27. “I am… Read More
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Members of the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) toured the Missouri River along with leaders of the Corps of Engineers from March 29–April 1. The purpose of the tour… Read More
Riley James, a native of New Madrid, Mo., was sworn in as the newest member of the Mississippi River Commission April 26 by his father, R.D. James, current… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) will hold four public meetings in August aboard the Corps of Engineers’ flagship towboat, the mv. Mississippi. Each meeting will include a summary… Read More
Members of the National Waterways Conference (NWC) gathered September 12–14 in New Orleans, La., for the group’s 58th annual meeting. The meeting proved quite timely, coinciding locally with New Orleans’… Read More
New Orleans did not get its first Mississippi River bridge until the 1930s. For more than 100 years before that, though, engineers and amateurs had come up with New Orleans… Read More
