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Nearly 70 Louisiana National Guardsmen assigned to the 1087th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Brigade, 139th Regional Support Group, prepare roughly 30 tactical vehicles to assist emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Slidell, Sept. 29. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma)

Nearly 70 Louisiana National Guardsmen assigned to the 1087th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Brigade, 139th Regional Support Group, prepare roughly 30 tactical vehicles to assist emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Slidell, Sept. 29. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma)

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La. Guard deploys to Florida after Hurricane Ian

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 30, 2022
The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) is responding to the Florida Department of Emergency Management’s request for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) process after Hurricane Ian, Sept. 30.
Southern magnolia is a native beauty resistant to strong winds. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter )

Southern magnolia is a native beauty resistant to strong winds. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter )

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Plant more trees, please

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 16, 2022
Let’s talk about the weather. Even if you’re a climate change skeptic, you cannot deny that weather patterns have affected your life in some way in the past five to 10 years. Here in Louisiana, for example, many experienced unprecedented flooding in 2016.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation.

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U.S. News & World Report ranks UL Lafayette among nation’s best

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation. That’s according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 edition of “Best Colleges.” The annual guidebook was released Monday.
Ornamental pepper plants are the perfect way to both spruce up the late summer landscape and celebrate the transition into fall. (LSU AgCenter file photos)

Ornamental pepper plants are the perfect way to both spruce up the late summer landscape and celebrate the transition into fall. (LSU AgCenter file photos)

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Plant ornamental peppers for spicy fall flair

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 9, 2022
The South has no reason for fall foliage envy. The traditional colors of autumn can be found in ornamental peppers — which can be planted into any sunny landscape to add spice and fall flair.
A whooping crane cares for its chick, hatched during the 2022 nesting season in Louisiana.

A whooping crane cares for its chick, hatched during the 2022 nesting season in Louisiana.

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La. whooping crane population adds record 8 wild hatched chicks

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 9, 2022
The 2022 breeding season was a big success for Louisiana’s experimental whooping crane project as eight wild hatched chicks have fledged and been added to the Louisiana population.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announces the addition of three golf courses to the Audubon Golf Trail (AGT). The three courses include Mallard Golf Club in Lake Charles, Farm d’Allie Golf Club in Carencro, and The Island Golf Club in Plaquemine.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announces the addition of three golf courses to the Audubon Golf Trail (AGT). The three courses include Mallard Golf Club in Lake Charles, Farm d’Allie Golf Club in Carencro, and The Island Golf Club in Plaquemine.

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Louisiana’s golf trail increases to 18 courses with Lake Charles, Carencro and Plaquemine

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announces the addition of three golf courses to the Audubon Golf Trail (AGT). The three courses include Mallard Golf Club in Lake Charles, Farm d’Allie Golf Club in Carencro, and The Island Golf Club in Plaquemine.

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La. hydrogen projects wins $50M federal grant

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 2, 2022
A groundbreaking plan to create an offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana has been awarded $50 million from the Build Back Better Challenge, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced today.
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West Nile cases surface

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH) has confirmed one human case of the potentially deadly neuroinvasive West Nile disease in Acadiana (Region 4). This is the first reported case in Acadiana since 2018.
Swamp milkweed (A. incarnata) is an excellent native milkweed for monarch butterflies. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Swamp milkweed (A. incarnata) is an excellent native milkweed for monarch butterflies. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Monarch mayday: Send in the natives

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
The monarch butterfly has been listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on its Red List of Threatened Species.

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$25M distributed for mortgage assistance in La.

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The state of Louisiana has distributed $25.4 million in mortgage assistance to 2,769 homeowners through the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund, a federally funded relief program for homeowners financially affected by COVID-19 who are behind on their mortgages and at risk of foreclosure.