Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
LSU AgCenter estimates Hurricane Laura caused at least 1.6 billion dollars in losses to ag and forestry industry
The LSU AgCenter estimates Hurricane Laura caused 525-million dollars in damage to Louisiana farmers and one-point-one billion dollars to the state's timber industry. AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry sa...
Sep 15, 2020
State dodges Sally, braces for a long rest of the season
Louisiana will be spared much of any impact from Sally as the Hurricane took an abrupt turn for the Alabama coast before reaching The Boot. State Climatologist Barry Keim said Sally was always an unpr...
Sep 15, 2020
Majority of SW LA customers to get power back by the 23rd
Entergy Louisiana expects to have power available to the majority of customers in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes by September 23rd, with the remaining customers online by September 30th. Laura came as...
Sep 15, 2020
Southeast Louisiana coastal parishes avoid major impacts from Sally
It looks like Louisiana's coastal parishes in southeast Louisiana have dodged a bullet from Hurricane Sally as the storm will stay to the east of the Bayou State. Plaquemines Parish President Kirk Lep...
Sep 15, 2020
CenturyLink rebrands to Lumen
One of Louisiana's two Fortune 500 Companies, CenturyLink, is rebranding itself as Lumen Technologies. Lumen Consumer Markets President Maxine Moreau said they're taking on a new vision that's aimed a...
Sep 14, 2020
State offices in 12 parishes closed on Tuesday because of Sally
Southeast Louisiana is no longer in the cone of uncertainty for Hurricane Sally, but Governor John Bel Edwards says state offices in a dozen parishes are closed on Tuesday. Those parishes are Orleans,...
Sep 14, 2020
Coastal southeast Louisiana parishes brace for flooding from Hurricane Sally
The eye of Hurricane Sally is expected to move over the edges of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. St. Bernard Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director John Rahaim says they could see...
Sep 14, 2020
Sally hits hurricane strength ahead of schedule
Sally has developed into a Hurricane ahead of schedule after rapidly strengthening this morning. Sunday afternoon and Monday morning models anticipated it would not hit hurricane strength until late M...
Sep 14, 2020
Westfield invests 5.1 million in new Lafayette facility
Westfield Fluid Controls will invest 5.1 million dollars to establish a manufacturing facility in Lafayette, creating 67 new jobs for the area. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson sai...
Sep 14, 2020
Saints take down Tom Brady and the Bucs to win season opener
The Saints took down Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a 34-23 season-opening win in front of a fanless Superdome on Sunday. If Who Dat nation was present, they would have been standing on the...
Sep 13, 2020
