Government
Norco officer to serve on hurricane panel
Panel will review communications network breakdown during Hurricane Katrina […]
Year: 2006
Government
Parish airs government channel via Internet
First step in correcting communication meltdown during Katrina […]
Business
Cox cable and east bank water issue top agenda
Cox Communications Government Affairs Manager Arthurine Payton addressed the council regarding several decisions that company has implemented, such as the removal of the channel listings station from basic cable format and splitting religious channels TBN and EWTN from their joint station and moving them to digital. […]
Health
St. Charles Health Center sees rise in mental problems post-Katrina
It has been nearly five months since Hurricane Katrina came barreling through the gulf coast region and things are finely beginning to slow down. Displaced residents are moving into FEMA trailers, debris no longer blocks the streets and people in general are trying to get back to normal. […]
Government
Vision Quest
On Saturday, a grassroots storefront opened to allow citizens in the St. Charles Parish area to voice their concerns and visions for the future of Louisiana, especially in their own communities. […]
Government
Local port deal boosts area jobs
A trade agreement signed by Port of South La with the Port of Dakar will boost the local economy, eventually adding jobs and attracting new businesses. After a ten day visit in which the African officials toured local industry and culture, a trade cooperation was finalized at the World Trade Center in New Orleans. […]
Columns
Landowners stand to lose millions for the sake of hurricane protection
BATON ROUGE — The governor and other state officials are locked away inside a House committee room, discussing what could become Louisiana’s first comprehensive coastal protection plan. […]