Community

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Operation Reach| Sept. 21, 2010

New Orleans, LA – Keeping people healthy and fit is one St. Tammany resident's mission in life. This week on Northshore Focus, Jollaine Schear talks to a national fitness champion and trainer who was recently voted the #1 Fittest person in Louisiana.

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Junior League of New Orleans | Sept. 14, 2010

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Louisiana SPCA, Sept. 7, 2010

The consequences of the BP oil disaster turn up everywhere from Louisiana marshes and fishing docks to restaurant kitchens and the unemployment office. But the disaster is also evident at local animal shelters. Tearful scenes unfold at these shelters daily as an increasing number of families surrender their pets, unable to properly care for them through the financial turmoil of recent months.

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Aug. 17, 2010

The sheer scale of the Gulf oil disaster came as a shock to many people around the region. But some of those who closely monitor the petrochemical industry in Louisiana point out that this current crisis didn't just appear from nowhere.

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: Plaquemines Community C.A.R.E. Center, Aug. 3, 2010

The indelible images of the oil disaster in the Gulf thus far have been revoltingly dramatic, like the stricken Deepwater Horizon rig consumed by fire, like the seabirds coated in crude or like the once-pristine beaches slathered in oil. But some impacts from this disaster are harder to spot, more private and concealed, though still devastating for the people dealing with them.