Government
All spillway bays should be closed by next week
The Army Corps of Engineers has closed about 100 of the 330 bays that were opened in the Bonnet Carre Spillway last month.
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Government
Government
100-year levee complete on East Bank
While citizens on the West Bank of St. Charles Parish anxiously await construction of a levee system, those on the East Bank are now under protection from a 100-year storm surge event, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. […]
Columns
Obama’s ‘Fern Hill’ economic policy
I have always been a fan of the poetry of the iconoclastic Welshman, Dylan Thomas. One of my favorites by him was the poem “Fern Hill.”
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Editorial
Time to prepare for hurricanes
With forecasters calling for an active hurricane season in 2011, St. Charles Parish leaders are urging residents to get their own family emergency plans in order in advance of storm threats. […]
Government
Spillways, diversions need to combine forces
If there’s one thing we have learned with the opening of our two spillways to avert flooding this year, it is the benefit such openings can have to help build up the Louisiana coast.
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Government
New animal shelter gets builder
St. Charles Parish Animal Control workers will soon say goodbye to the building that has housed stray cats and dogs in the parish for nearly 30 years.
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Government
$510 million Waterford project delayed until ‘12
A $510 million project that called for the replacement of both steam generators and the pressure head at Waterford 3 this year has been delayed until the fall of 2012, according to Entergy spokesman Carl Rhode.
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Government
Spending bill would limit state funding to schools
A spending plan for public schools is advancing through the Louisiana legislature that would keep state funding per student for public schools at the same amount for the third year in a row. […]
Government
Landrieu alarmed by levee gaps
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu visited St. Charles Parish last week to tour the West Bank hurricane protection levee system and said that the gaps in levee protection that leave 30,000 people at risk were alarming.
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