Passenger rail’s return, big changes on the sports scene and a significant storm anniversary will be among the biggest South ...

A portion of the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, specifically the Fritchie Marsh, has been closed for a major restoration project that is slated to finish by spring of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is pursuing a plan to replace the 100-year-old lock that connects the Mississippi River to ...

NEW ORLEANS - Facing a $10 million budget shortfall, the University of New Orleans has picked two new interim deans who will ...

Facing at least a $10 million budget shortfall, University of New Orleans leadership is preparing to cut $2.2 million in what ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at ... The MR-GO's levees, which make up the easternmost length of the ring of hurricane-protection levees surrounding St. Bernard Parish and the Lower Ninth ...

UNO has made significant budget cuts in an attempt to rightsize its spending after nearly two decades of declining enrollment. Its student numbers have struggled to recover since the failure of ...

In August 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, lake water from the 17th Street Canal breached a levee and flooded Lakeview, including St. Paul’s, which was under nine feet of water. “Tons and tons of ...

Walker said the data will create better hurricane predictions. While the intensity of Katrina was devastating, so were the levee failures surrounding New Orleans, which is why the University is also ...

(CNN)—Saturday marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In New Orleans, residents are remembering the devastating storm and the breach of the levees with a ceremonial bell ringing service.

At home, we witnessed New Orleans, the beautiful and beguiling city, drown in the summer of 2005. Hurricane Katrina's wind ...

New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Lower 9th Ward. House thrown off foundation, partially atop an upside-down Ford-150. By Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans ...