Calcasieu Parish

Workers were manufacturing pipeline to replace a ruptured section of carbon dioxide line that sent 45 people to the hospital in Mississippi.

The carbon dioxide pipeline network is undergoing rapid expansion. With this growth come worries that communities may not be prepared for tdangerous leaks.

Lake Charles residents say the Biden administration has given them an opportunity to remedy those needs as trillions of dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act funnel into disadvantaged communities like Lake Charles.But they also believe federal agencies need to ensure that money goes to the area’s most vulnerable residents, who say they haven’t seen the same level of local investments.

Louisiana, despite being well accustomed to hurricanes, has no policies in place to help public schools recover from a disaster financially.

More than 72,000 K-12 students in Louisiana have not returned to the classroom since Hurricane Ida hit late last month, Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told state legislative members during a Tuesday meeting.

More than 45,000 students in the state’s hard-hit River Parishes could face a month or more of school closures due to ongoing power outages, lack of running water and significant structural damage.

School administrators were optimistic that a quick pivot to online learning could rescue the start of the school year in Southwest Louisiana, where…

Like many districts across the country, Calcasieu Parish and Cameron Parish will start the school year entirely online. Unlike other districts, their…

The Environmental Protection Agency said none of the chemical and oil spills in Texas caused by Hurricane Laura are emitting dangerous levels of…

Louisiana wants to stop the incinerated belongings of the Texas Ebola victim from being placed in a Calcasieu Parish landfill.The New Orleans Advocate is…