American Cruise Lines and Viking. Here are the best itineraries they offer, and what you'll see and do along the way.

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

Artist Katelynn Yvon sees tattooing as an ancient art thriving in the modern world. In this week's "Last Call," she shared ...

The Opening Exhibit Reception for “The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue” is March 7, at the Alexandria Museum of Art at 6 p.m.

From northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the mighty Mississippi River flows through 10 U. S. states – each with its own ...

Sibylle Peretti has been celebrated around the world for opalescent glass vignettes of plant and animal life mixed with ...

Often, when we hear about climate change and fragile ecosystems worth saving, they are stories from the coasts or from remote wilderness areas. But people living in the Mississippi River basin are ...

Low flow in the Mississippi River is allowing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to push up the river, threatening drinking water supply.

ALTON — Painter Christian Brown spent time this week painting the words River Runs Deep, part of a slogan being used by the Mississippi River Festival in 2025, on the black wall of a building in ...

Mississippi skies are clear and sunny now, but a threat looms after last week's storms: Likely flooding of the Mississippi River and some tributaries.

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact. Some mayors on the waterway think it’s time to change that.

Home / News / Environmental News Upper Mississippi River freezes over less than ever, another sign life is changing Research suggests that by 2100, the Mississippi River may only freeze near the ...