The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana National Guard have established a free COVID-19 vaccination site for the general public at Blackham Coliseum.
Investors from across the country are looking to relocate or expand and “they’re kicking the tires on the South,” said Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
Louisiana’s Shot For 100 vaccine incentive program expands beyond college students to include anyone in Louisiana who gets their COVID vaccine.
The Louisiana agriculture industry has suffered at least $584 million in damage after Hurricane Ida walloped the southeastern portion of the state last month with strong winds and flooding, according to a new report from LSU AgCenter experts.
The Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade is working non-stop to fill a breached levee in Grand Isle.
Gov. John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana’s statewide indoor mask mandate for another four weeks, until Oct. 27, as the state’s overall COVID-19 outlook improves following the state’s worst COVID-19 surge of the entire pandemic.
By: Valerie Vincent
COVINGTON–Just weeks after Hurricane Ida passed through southeast Louisiana, neighbors were working to help one another remove storm-downed trees, clean-up and make home repairs.
By Liz Ryan
and Lara Nicholson
LSU Manship School
News Service
Originally published Oct. 16, 2020.
Singing the blue tarp blues is no joke. If your home’s roof was damaged by Hurricane Ida, it doesn’t have to happen again. There are now roofing products and methods that can withstand a category 4 hurricane.