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Reprieve for New Orleans as salt water creeping up the Mississippi River slows its push inland
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoSalt water inching up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico is progressing more slowly than...
New Orleans Faces Water Supply Crisis Over Salt — But 'This Is Not a Time to Panic,' Governor Warns
People via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe problem could make the water supply undrinkable until January, according to Collin Arnold, New...
What is saltwater intrusion and how is it affecting Louisiana's drinking water?
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoFor months, residents in the southeast corner of Louisiana have relied on bottled water for drinking...
A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoNearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the...
Louisiana couple accused of taking 2 year old from hospital arrested in Bay St. Louis
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA couple accused of kidnapping their child from a hospital following a suspected overdose were...
Supreme Court keeps wetland damage lawsuits in state courts
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA lawsuit against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana’s wetlands will remain in state...
A priest scandal rocked the Belleville Diocese 30 years ago. How have things changed?
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhat a difference 30 years makes. The watchdog organization Voice of the Faithful recently ranked...
3 dead in Louisiana as US storm spawns Southern tornadoes
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA vast and volatile storm system ripping across the U.S. killed at least three people in Louisiana,...
Ruling could mean trials against Big Oil over state wetlands
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoFederal judges have ordered a 9-year-old lawsuit against oil and gas companies over damage to...
Civil rights law targets 'cancer alley' discrimination
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSprawling industrial complexes line the drive east along the Mississippi River to the majority-Black...