Besides maintaining water levels, it now provides flood risk management, hydropower, navigation, water quality and supply, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is temporarily closing Lock and Dam 6, in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, August 19, ...

Seven people, including a child, are safe after a harrowing incident on the Mississippi River when their boat went through a dam gate on Monday afternoon. According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s ...

Despite a near miss at Lock and Dam 8 on the Mississippi River, multiple boaters are safe and sound. On Monday afternoon (7/7/25), the Vernon County Sheriff’s ...

Seven people rescued after disabled boat heads towards Lock and Dam 8 at Genoa, Mississippi River. All safe, no injuries reported.

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Federal officials including two leading U.S. senators celebrated the opening Thursday of the $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. Army Corps of Engineers officials ...

The county judge-executive just reported that after a public meeting along with the American Corps of Engineers, Woodbury’s ...

UMATILLA, Ore. — The community gathered Sept. 21 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the McNary Lock and Dam. The Umatilla Museum & Historical Foundation and the Walla Walla District of […] ...

So lock and dam operators are busy flushing submerged, waterlogged debris downriver. Another task is guiding visitors, including busloads of school children, on tours of the facility.

Changes to Mon River locks and dam near Elizabeth mean smoother sailing for commercial vessels 02:17. ELIZABETH, Pa. (KDKA) -- Commercial traffic will now have an easier time traveling through the ...

Allen, who represents U.S. House District 12, which includes Augusta, worked with "local stakeholders" to craft a version of the bill with lock-and-dam requirements re-inserted, the lawmaker said.

A 1999 corps study concluded that the lock and dam no longer fulfilled its navigational purpose and should be scrapped. Congress voted in 2000 to repair it, but the project was never fully funded.