OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...

AFFECTING YOU. BUT FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW WITH A STORY FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES $10 MILLION. BASICALLY UNO. TOUCHED MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAN STORM DRAINS AND CATCH BASINS.

As the region enters another hurricane season, New Orleans' Department of Public Works is unclogging catch basins at a rate that lags behind where it was last year. So far this year, 1,143 of the city ...

The city officially launched its “Adopt-A-Catch Basin” pilot program in Greenpoint on Tuesday, hoping to deputize locals as volunteer storm drain supervisors. Greenpointers who sign up for the program ...

NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF IT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. IF YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU MIGHT WALK OUT OF YOUR HOME AND SMELL WHAT SMELL YOU SMELL. IT’S AN ONGOING ...

It’s no secret that New Orleans storm drains are in a miserable state because City Hall has neglected them for decades. But it’s not every day that a top city official like Joe Threat, who oversees ...