Mayor Bob Hardy said Westlake is growing and it’s because of its great schools, parks and recreation department and affordable housing.
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While many residents in Southwest Louisiana work toward complete hurricane recovery, some are finding the process not nearly as speedy or easy as anticipated. Laws, processes and business practices have changed since the region’s most recent storm of similar magnitude, Hurricane Rita, and ma…
With the double punch of two hurricanes and a global pandemic, local stores say they are having trouble meeting the supply needs of Southwest Louisiana residents trying to recover.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is standing by President Joe Biden's choice of Neera Tanden to lead the White House budget office, even as s… Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — Two months after its first vaccine shots, the European Union is still struggling to get its COVID-19 inoculation drive up to s… Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fry's Electronics, the go-to chain for tech tinkerers looking for an obscure part, is closing for good. Read more
Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharm… Read more
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Wednesday in Asia as investors weighed the possibility that inflation might prompt central banks to adjust their ul… Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation widely seen as a steward of the Black Lives Matter movement says it took in just over $90 million last year, ac… Read more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 2,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Tennessee’s most populous county went to waste over the past month while local … Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The utility company serving New Orleans appears to have cut three times as much electricity as it needed to during emergenc… Read more