Within a few years slaves are put to work clearing land on the natural levee the French have selected for the town. Surveyors lay down a grid pattern of streets of some 40 blocks, with drainage ...

County officials are calling on people to prepare in order to protect their homes from a potential levee failure.

A good many people have never heard of the Clarksdale-headquartered Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District, so its work to ...

The governor's moves are likely to raise fresh concerns over the erosion of reforms after Hurricane Katrina. His political ...

The county wants assurances from the Army Corp that the work will commence without further delay. The levee work at Site 2 has not yet been put out to bid, at least not at the time of the Water ...

To complete the project, the city would need to buy three homes, tear them down, and relocate the affected homeowners.

San Joaquin County declared a state of emergency for a potential levee failure that could result in damage to ag lands, ...

A new mixed-use development near Carriage Crossing gained a key approval Monday from Collierville’s Board of Mayor and ...

WESTFIELD — The Conservation Commission recently approved an emergency certification from city engineer Allison McMordie and consulting firm Tighe & Bond for work to repair the northern end of t ...

A woman was killed in a car crash Tuesday morning in Placer County, the California Highway Patrol said. A man was charged ...

THE CITY IS SURROUNDED BY LEVEES AND IT’S A HIGH RISK FOR THE ... WE’RE TOLD THAT THE PLAN IS TO WORK ON THIS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN PRESENT IT FORMALLY TO VOTERS ON THE BALLOT ...