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East Baton Rouge leaders say the city-parish has finished a long overdue project aimed at cleaning up the Comite River, an effort they hope will improve drainage and mitigate flooding within the parish.

Officials have completed a major cleanup of the Comite River, removing 7,843 tons of debris, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced today. 

A Baton Rouge-area board focused on reducing flood risk in the populous Amite River Basin has hired a new director for the first time in more than 26 years.

A Baton Rouge-area board focused on reducing flood risk in the populous Amite River Basin has hired a new director for the first time in more than 26 years.

A new flood mitigation project has been approved by the East Baton Rouge Metro Council for over $2 million dollars and it is funded by a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant.

Candidates to replace current Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul will take their civil service board tests Sept. 14. 

Here are four free-of-charge events happening in the Baton Rouge area this week.

For decades now, promises to tame the Comite River and its dangerous floods in the Baton Rouge region haven’t come to fruition. 

(The Center Square) — Progress continues on the Comite River Diversion Canal Project despite costs that have more than doubled, federal officials told a legislative task force on Thursday.

The federal government has officially renewed its commitment to fully pay for the Comite River diversion project with $476 million in additional funding, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves says.