The Corps has not yet announced whether the agency will open the spillway, and says they are monitoring the forecast before making a recommendation.

At least one Mississippi official believes the Army Corps is being more cautious with spillway openings because of past damage they’ve caused.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Mississippi River has to rise to 1.25 million cubic feet per second for the Bonnet ...

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 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 ...

With the Mississippi River rising and heavy rainfall upstream, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a test opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Monday, April 21 at 10 a.m. The test ...

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday, confirming forecasts of ...

A group of commercial fishermen has filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Chancery Court, seeking to block the Mississippi ...

The lawsuit comes as the state's oyster industry is recovering after massive freshwater flooding, released through Louisianna's Bonnet Carré Spillway, killed almost all the oysters on Mississippi ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has been distributing its funding via the Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program since 2023; already, the state has sent ...