MORGAN CITY, La. Gov. BobbyJindal said he expects the Morganza spillway to open sometime Saturday in an effort to reduce the flow rate and river levels. Jindal announced the decision to open the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers test opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Norco, La., as the Mississippi River nears flood stage, Monday, April 21, 2025. The test was for possible later opening if ...

A partial opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway "seems a certainty now," Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grymes said in emailed comments Thursday, as recent forecasts indicated a further rise in the ...

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

The Bonnet Carre spillway will likely be opened sometime between May 7 and May 13 to help ease pressure on levees from high water in the Mississippi River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Ed Fleming ...

NORCO, La. — Opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway is not an easy process. Crews must lift up to 7,000 wooden beams, each 8 by 12 feet, to let water flow through the concrete structure. On Monday, the ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost: The rush of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted into Lake ...

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss (WVUE) - Commercial fisherman Ryan Bradley said business is booming at the Pass Christian Harbor, with fresh and bountiful oysters this season. “They’re beautiful, they’re tasty,” ...

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) -- Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New ...

A lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway was dismissed by a federal court March 27 after finding it lacked authority to instruct the Corps to ...

PASS CHRISTIAN — 2024 marked the return of oyster season on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the first time in six years. For fishermen like Patrick Parkinson, this season marks a return to a way of ...