MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On a typical day Pete Ciaramitaro monitors towboats from his Memphis office as they carry cargo up and down the Mississippi River. He’s the director of river
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The river has reached near-historic lows amid extreme drought in much of the basin for the second year in a row, which is slowing down shipping and driving up costs for everyone from barge companies to grain elevators.