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For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoDevastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on...
Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River
Associated Press via AOL· 4 hours agoCommerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many...
American teen falls over 300 feet to her death in Switzerland
CBS News· 4 hours agoA teenager from America fell to her death while hiking with a friend's family in western Switzerland...
50 YEARS OF TULSA RIVER PARKS: "Hard to imagine" Tulsa without them
KJRH-TV Tulsa· 7 hours agoThe Tulsa River Parks Authority is marking 50 years of giving Green Country pristine green spaces. From a marathon’s worth of paved paths and playgrounds ...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown a captain, Robbins ...
Jacksonville ranked the worst city for summer travel according to new Forbes Advisor study
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe study revealed that potential vacationers might face significant challenges in our River City....
Pro, con, what Vero Beach can learn from aborted Three Corners developer selection process
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoDon't let politics overshadow expert selection committee It should be rare selection committee...
Myanmar's army is reportedly emptying villages in a western state to boost defenses against rebels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoRakhine is the current hotspot for fighting in Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces battle the country’s military ...
River Center Steering Committee will determine new direction for the event center
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 7 hours agoThe Downtown Development District will meet Tuesday morning to discuss of slew of issues, but one of...
Teachers visit QCA to study river and environmental issues
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoTeachers from across the country are in the QCA to study the Mississippi River and environmental...