Courts aren't best equipped to settle water wars like Texas-Oklahoma dispute
6 days ago
Although many Western water issues are handled by the Department of the Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other entities also play a major role.
Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
11 days ago
The Senate has rejected an effort to expand the use of firearms on the heavily visited lands of the Army Corps of Engineers in a congressional victory for gun control supporters.
Suits dismissed against corps over Nashville flood
80 days ago
A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood damage in 2010 to the Grand Ole Opry, Gibson Guitar and other Nashville-area...
Shipping bounces back as Mississippi River rises
81 days ago
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard say the crisis is over with the water level rising and rocks cleared to deepen the channel.
Police release 911 call that led them to escapee
89 days ago
Alberto Morales, 42, was shot at about 12:25 a.m. Saturday in a wooded area controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers, toward the south end of Grapevine Lake.
Florida port officials, lawmakers blame Corps of Engineers for delayed improvements
93 days ago
The officials, who represent six Florida ports, pleaded for help from Congress to push the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move faster on port improvement projects ahead of the completion of a...
Government wants Opry flood lawsuit dismissed
94 days ago
An attorney for Gaylord Entertainment Company is arguing in federal court that the Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in its response to massive flooding in 2010 in Tennessee that damaged its...
Ex-engineer in Texas gets prison in bribery case
95 days ago
A former Army Corps of Engineers supervisor in South Texas has been sentenced to four years in prison in a bribery case after a contractor paid for his $80,000 paved driveway.
Barge hits Miss. River bridge; Oil cleanup ongoing
111 days ago
The spill backed up at least 24 tugboats, barges and other vessels on the normally bustling corridor, said Kavanaugh Breazeale, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg.
Barge damages Miss. River lock gate, idles traffic
116 days ago
But that portion was exposed because the river's level had been lowered dramatically by the nation's persisting drought, the Army Corps of Engineers said.