NEW ORLEANS – Emergency preparedness officials in Louisiana know it's only a matter of time before a hurricane or other severe storm brews in the gulf. "We've had 27 hurricanes hit the coast of ...

The levee system along the Columbia River in Multnomah County could be in for an overhaul under a local bond measure in the upcoming primary. Measure 26-243 asks voters to invest up to $150 million to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has compiled suggestions to address the state's mostly unregulated levee system -beginning with identifying existing levees and the ...

One of the reviews, completed in 2011, gave the 350-mile levee system the second worst classification - "Urgent (Unsafe or Potentially Unsafe)" -- in the corps' Levee Safety Action Classification ...

The Degognia Fountain Bluff Levee District received a loan from the federal government to strengthen the levee systems along ...

PLUMERVILLE, Ark. — With the onslaught of rain that Arkansas saw earlier this month, and more expected in the coming days, some in Conway County have been claiming that their levee system isn’t ...