Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements taken from ...

In St. Bernard Parish, one of the school leaders responsible for getting students back in the classroom after Hurricane Katrina is still hard on the job. WDSU reporter Elizabeth Kel sits down with the ...

The St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation has named three finalists who will compete in the 11th annual Startup St. Bernard pitch competition on Aug. 21 at Nunez Community College in Chalmette.

Plans to address looming threats to the New Orleans area’s vital hurricane protection levee system involving sinking land and the effects of climate change are at risk of being put on hold due to a ...

Federal budget cuts will stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from conducting regular inspections of New Orleans’ levees this year and next — a break in oversight that comes 20 years after protection ...