ST PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday the local shipping season on the Mississippi River has begun. The first towboat, with nine barges, passed through Lock and Dam 2 in ...

Coal barges are not an uncommon sight for West Virginians who live along riverways, but for those who live along the Kanawha ...

The district’s first ice measurements took place on Lake Pepin Feb. 12, and continued through March 19. Lake Pepin’s ice thickness is measured because it’s the widest, naturally occurring part of the ...

A barge tow struck a vane dike on the Ohio River last year because the pilot did not effectively compensate for the outdraft current while navigating out of the McAlpine Locks in Louisville, Kentucky, ...

A helicopter has struck power lines along the western bank of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. The Telegraph's Dylan Suttles is on the scene with photographer John Badman and Suttles ...

A tow pilot’s distraction caused by personal cellphone use resulted in a collision last year with moored barges on the lower Mississippi River, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.