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Volunteers walk on their knees and stick plugs into the mud in Little Vermilion Bay. The water was three to four feet deep.
Rebuilding the Louisiana marsh, one bulrush at a time
ABBEVILLE – The Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District (VSWCD) in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Office of Soil and Water Conservation Louisiana Dept. of Agric...
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Civil service panel agrees to LSU hospital deals, layoffs
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Civil Service Commission reversed course Monday and agreed to privatization plans for four LSU hospitals, with nearly 4,000 layoffs set to take effect June 23. The commission...
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BP oil spill cleanup ends in 3 states
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cleanup work has ended in three of the states affected by BP PLC’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Monday. The London-based oil giant said the Coas...
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Louisiana news briefs: Audit -- Unreliable data used for tuition hikes
Audit: Unreliable data used for tuition hikes BATON ROUGE — Nearly 79 percent of community and technical colleges using a program that lets them raise student tuition didn’t provide reliable data ...
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Jindal hits roadblock in Legislature on early childhood education changes
By LITTICE BACON-BLOOD Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s attempt to restructure early childhood education hit a roadblock in the Louisiana Legislature when unrelated disputes betwe...
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Louisiana news briefs
WELSH — For the first time in nearly a decade, the town is raising its electrical rates. The Town Council has approved an increase of $5 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours used for its 1,700 residential and ...
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Judge restricts sharing evidence against Nagin
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Nagin’s attorneys must keep a log of who sees federal evidence against the former New Orleans mayor, and are restricted in how they may share such evidence, a federal judge s...
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Symposium focuses on Huey P. Long Bridge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish will be the focus of a free, day-long symposium Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans. Panels will d...
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Gator hunting permit deadlines approaching
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and Mississippi residents who want to go after alligators this fall have deadlines coming up. Louisiana residents who want to take alligators from some state wildlife m...
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Missing Louisiana teacher's car found; body inside
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities pulled a missing teacher's car from a New Orleans bayou Saturday and police said there was a decomposed body inside. Authorities couldn't immediately say whether the ...
Jun 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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White Castle ferry to close permanently June 28
White Castle ferry to close permanently June 28 WHITE CASTLE, La. (AP) — Officials say the White Castle ferry will close permanently on June 28. Louisiana Department of Transportation officials sa...
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Stripper’s death, dismemberment remains a mystery
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's been a year since pieces of Jaren Lockhart's body began washing up on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and almost that long since two people seen leaving a Bourbon Street strip club...
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