(Kent Porter / Press Democrat) A block and a half separate Henry Irvin’s house from the bayou that serves as the northern border of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Modest single-family ...

Tulane students prefabricated the home at Tulane’s Albert and Tina Small Center, before transporting and constructing the ...

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) released its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing a year of transformative work ...

The Lower Ninth Ward, hit hard by Katrina, struggles to rebuild. August 26, 2010 — -- Michael Knight lived those harrowing images so many others remember from Hurricane Katrina: the waters ...

A flawed shipping project involving excavations at the Industrial Canal allowed Hurricane Katrina's surge to breach the floodwall in two places, causing massive flooding in the Lower 9th Ward and ...

When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically ...

JASMINE FRANKLIN, WHO IS LIVE IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD. AND JASMINE, YOU SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAD WATER INSIDE THEIR HOMES. JOANNA. SEVERAL PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH HERE SAID WATER MADE IT ...

Eyes are on New Orleans as the Katrina 10-year anniversary approaches, but people living in the Lower Ninth Ward feel like they’ve been forgotten.With the national attention focused on the city ...

Former Superintendent Avis Williams (center) and members of New Orleans' school board after voting to directly run a school on Feb. 26, 2024. New Orleans’ interim superintendent of schools will ...