The plans will be closely watched here, with the Corps' New Orleans district home to the agency's biggest civil works and dredging programs due to Louisiana's strategic -- but vulnerable -- location.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A man is missing after a sailboat crash in Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday, Aug. 31. According to ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans and local authorities have recovered the body of a man who went overboard in Lake Pontchartrain near the Lakefront airport late Tuesday night. The ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For several years, Tommy Costanza has been coming to the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse, the Lake Pontchartrain landmark in Madisonville. “This is sickening to see our lighthouse ...

PONCHATOULA, La. (WVUE) - Environmental crews are making a last-ditch effort to stem oily runoff from the Smitty Supply fire from reaching Lake pontchartrain. They brought in a new layer of ...

A search is ongoing after a small plane went down over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans during a training flight, according to the owner of the Mississippi-based flight school. An instructor and ...

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia earlier this week may have slightly impacted bodies of water in southeast Louisiana. Water level data from Lake Pontchartrain’s New Canal gauge showed ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — The search for a missing boater in Lake Pontchartrain is stretching into another day after a sailboat struck the Causeway Bridge early Sunday morning. The St. Tammany Parish ...

The concrete seawall that runs along the edge of Lake Pontchartrain, stretching from the Industrial Canal to West End, is a favorite spot for joggers, cyclists, fishermen and families. Gonzales ...

Search and rescue workers on Wednesday found the bodies of two men missing since their single-engine plane crashed into Lake Pontchartrain last week. Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, the deputy New Orleans mayor ...

The Lake Pontchartrain Boat Parade lit up the lake Friday night as dozens of festively decorated boats cruised past the shoreline, drawing crowds to watch from marinas, seawalls and lakefront parks.