Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the ...

SHARPSBURG (KDKA) -- New restrictions will begin Monday for both commercial and recreational boaters at the Allegheny River Lock and Dam 2 for much-needed repairs. The inner-walls at the more than ...

The lock was plagued by mechanical issues last year that caused closures and required critical maintenance repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “We had been working with the Army Corps of ...

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will spend $732 million to expand a lock and dam system to help barges more efficiently transport millions of tons of corn, soybeans and other ...

Inside Alton’s massive lock and dam, the hidden system that keeps freight moving ...

A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding ...