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Katrina archives: Live blog shows how hurricane hit New Orleans hour by hour
Nola - Louisiana
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This live blog was originally published Aug. 29, 2005, and updated as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. It is part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of Katrina and is being republished for the 20th anniversary of the storm....
Plans for this giant South Louisiana solar farm are dropped. It faced stiff local opposition
The Advocate - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
NextEra Energy has dropped plans to build a 2,000-acre solar farm near White Castle, a project that drew strong local opposition. In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, the Iberville Parish government said the Florida-based company had withdrawn its...
Opinion | Plantation Tourism, Memory and the Uneasy Economics of Heritage in the American South
Mississippi Free Press
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August 26, 2025
The American South—and the nation more broadly—continues to wrestle with how to remember its most painful chapters. Tourism is one of the arenas where that struggle is most visible. This tension came into sharp relief in May 2025, when the largest...
Buffalo Bills schedule 2025: Everything you need to know to watch Josh Allen and Company
The New York Times
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August 26, 2025
Reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills look to get over the hump and reach the franchise’s first Super Bowl since the 1993 season. By hump, that means Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Last season ended painfully for the Bills...
2une In Previews: Plan Baton Rouge III community survey
WBRZ ABC 2 - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
BATON ROUGE — Plan Baton Rouge III is the culmination of a 27-year project aimed at reviving downtown Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Area Foundation's Eric Dexter said Monday on 2une In. "Over 20 or so years, we've had nearly $3 billion in investments,...
Katrina archives: The life stories behind the storm victims in New Orleans
Nola - Louisiana
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This story was originally published Nov. 27, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage. Susie Joseph Sparks, 1959-2005 Edward Sparks Jr., 1992-2005...
Samsung, Hyundai Boost US Investments Amid Trade Tensions
WebProNews
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August 26, 2025
South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai are ramping up their commitments to the U.S. economy with substantial new investments, signaling a strategic pivot amid global trade tensions and a push for domestic manufacturing. According to a...
How Hurricane Katrina forever changed 3 New Orleans educators
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 25, 2025
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming the first and only all-charter school district in the country.Related video...
Arch Manning and the NFL Draft: Why no one's banking (or tanking) on Texas QB going pro in 2026
The New York Times
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August 26, 2025
Before Arch Manning even takes his first snap as the Texas Longhorns’ starting quarterback this season, fans, draftniks and NFL scouts alike are wondering whether he’ll declare for the 2026 NFL Draft. It’s another boxcar on the Manning hype train...
What I learned helping a Louisiana beekeeper save a hive in midair: Scaffolding, smoke, more
Nola - Louisiana
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Kevin Langley is a man on a mission — to save bees, one hive at a time. Truth be told, he's on multiple missions, but I joined him in helping to rescue and move a large beehive from a tree limb. If you're curious, bee colonies rarely settle on...
Louisiana commits $37M to microchip facility in Ruston
The Black Chronicle - Oklahoma
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August 26, 2025
(The Center Square) − Louisiana taxpayers will help fund a new $370 million secure microchip facility in Ruston, with the state pledging nearly $37 million in direct support for the project. Radiance Technologies, an Alabama-based defense...
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans East still demands its future
KMBZ - Kansas
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August 25, 2025
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, many neighborhoods in Louisiana and Mississippi have fully recovered or even rebuilt better; but others still struggle to come back, and may never be what they once were. The fight continues in New Orleans...
Louisiana governor says there’s no sign of ‘imminent danger’ after fire at auto lubricant plant
Associated Press
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August 26, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Following a massive fire on Friday at an automotive lubricant plant in southeast Louisiana, residents are reporting soot on cars and oily residue in nearby bodies of water. But Gov. Jeff Landry said that there is no...
Louisiana Tech, Radiance Technologies, and LED partner to construct new microchip facility in Ruston
Louisiana Tech University
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August 25, 2025
In a landmark collaboration set to transform the region’s economic landscape, Louisiana Tech University, Radiance Technologies, Louisiana Economic Development (LED), and the Louisiana Tech University Foundation announced plans for Radiance...
A Popular New Cedar Rapids Farmers Market Vendor is Moving Into Lindale Mall
Eagle 102.3 - Iowa
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August 26, 2025
If you've been enjoying the treats from the new Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market vendor Cafe Beignets, you'll be happy to know that you'll be able to order from them on a daily basis this fall! Cafe Beignets is in the process of moving into...
They came together, Democrats and Republicans, to help New Orleans rebuild post-Katrina
Nola - Louisiana
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Hurricane Katrina ransacked the lives of more than 1 million people in metro New Orleans 20 years ago. The storm caused so much devastation that then-U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert questioned whether New Orleans even ought to survive....
Louisiana superintendent touts education improvements in Cenla visit
KALB - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Louisiana’s State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Cade Brumley, hopes to write a new story for the Pelican State, from the bottom to the top. On August 25, he spoke in front of dozens of educators in higher education and...
The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools
The 74
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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This is part of a series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, its effects, and the recovery of New Orleans’ schools. Read all our coverage and...
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans schools are still ‘a work in progress’
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
Last fall, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ school district opened a new school of its own, The Leah Chase School. (Emily Kask for NPR | )When charter schools began replacing public schools in New Orleans after Hurricane...
New Orleans events this week mark Hurricane Katrina 20th anniversary
Gambit - Louisiana
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A number of events this week in New Orleans will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures. Below is a round-up of art exhibits, film screenings, panels, seminars and more taking place in the area....