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Jumping, Fishing Off Bridges Carries $500 Fine In Parish

  VIDALIA, La. (AP) — Thrill-seekers will have to stay away from Louisiana parish's bridges if they want to avoid a $500 fine. The Natchez Democrat...

Louisiana To Get Money For Outdoor Recreation, Conservation

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced that Louisiana will get nearly $1 million from federal offshore lease revenues...

IBHS Offers Resources To Help Prepare Businesses For Severe Summer Storms And Tropical Cyclones

  TAMPA, Fl. — The 2018 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season officially began on June 1 and we have already experienced one named cyclone in what is...

Louisiana Drops Ban On Feeding Deer In 3 Parishes

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has dropped a ban against feeding deer in three northeastern parishes, but is urging against the use of...

Scientists Predict Average Dead Zone For Gulf This Year

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists are predicting an average dead zone this summer in the Gulf of Mexico. But they note that this...

Actor Adrien Grenier Works With Louisiana’s Youth To Tackle Plastic Pollution At Inaugural Ocean Heroes Bootcamp

  NEW ORLEANS — Adrien Grenier, star of HBO’s Entourage, played Aquaman on television—now, he’s a real-life ocean hero.  “I think living in a fantasy world is great,...

Report: Harvey's 5-Day Rainfall In Texas Unprecedented In US

  DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. has never experienced the amount of rainfall across such a vast area as that brought by Hurricane Harvey when...

Entergy Provides Ways To Chill Your Bill While Keeping Your Cool

  NEW ORLEANS — Temperatures hit record levels across much of Louisiana in May, and no relief from the heat is in sight in the months...

Mississippi River Project Churns Up Opposition In Louisiana

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A plan to build a dam on a river in Mississippi and create a lake is drawing fierce opposition. The goal...

Louisiana's State Of The Coast Conference Gears Up

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's future depends on saving as much of the coast as possible, the mayor of New Orleans and the state's...

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