The Mississippi River, a vital transportation highway, is drying up. And industries don’t have many alternatives. WSJ’s ...

One of three final potential bridge locations, referred to as E-11-IV, would run through Plaquemine Point, which contains the ...

The Delta plantation system started in the 19th century when white farmers went there in search of fertile farmland, escaping declining productivity in other Southern states. They brought with ...

You might look at the Mississippi and think, "There's no way anything weird lives in there." Surprise—you'd be wrong. Lurking ...

There’s no signpost marking Mississippi’s only nuclear test site. While the federal government monitors the underground area, ...

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...

President Donald Trump is pushing federal agencies to expand timber harvests. He issued an executive order March 1 ordering the secretary of the interior, the secretary of agriculture and the ...

A complex series of railways, roads, bridges and waterways connects U.S. farmers to the rest of the word, but this system is deteriorating and threatens U.S. agriculture’s leading global position.

The more than 2,300-mile Mississippi River invites travelers to discover its multifaceted heritage, with a vast range of deeply rooted culture, music and history. A cruise is a fantastic way to ...