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It’s been one year since the destructive Category 4 Hurricane Ida made landfall in Southeast Louisiana on August 29th, and Terrebonne Parish is still slowly trudging on to recovery.
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After more than six years since receiving funding and construction marred with delays, less than half of the Isle de Jean Charles residents were finally allowed to move into their new homes Wednesday morning through the Isle de Jean Charles resettlement program, a project spurred by extreme land loss.
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After most of southeast Louisiana's residents were without power — some for weeks and months — due to Hurricane Ida, New Orleans city government and community leaders have responded by setting up emergency resources for people to use after another disaster.
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A Terrebonne Bay oil spill on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season has taken a toll on some local fishermen, who say they received no warning of the incident until many hours after it occurred and as a result ended up with fouled nets and oiled boats.
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The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority just announced the completion of the Terrebonne Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment project. Barrier islands act as the first line of defense against storms coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
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École Pointe-au-Chien, a public French immersion school, has now been approved to open after a unanimous vote in the state Senate and House at the end of May.
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An $11 million, storm-resilient affordable housing community in Lafourche Parish, a first of its kind in a community that has been significantly impacted by intense storms over the last several years, was celebrated by local and state leaders for its official completion on Wednesday.
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Delays, long inspection lapses and bureaucratic red tape cause slow moving times into temporary housing for Terrebonne and Lafourche residents months after Hurricane Ida.
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For Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes' fishing communities, this year’s Blessing of the Boats ceremony was more important than ever before as Hurricane Ida damage continued to blight their neighborhoods and industry several months after the Category 4 storm hit Louisiana.
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Despite being closed in September 2021 due to Hurricane Ida, the controversial Denka plant in St. John Parish still emitted rates of cancer-causing chemicals even when it wasn’t operating, according to an LSU monitoring demonstration test.