In the last academic year, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System awarded nearly 53-thousand credentials to 41-thousand completers with nearly 20-thousand graduates entering high-demand occupations. LCTC President Richard Nelson, who has been on the job for the less than a year, says one of his priorities is to align programs with Louisiana’s workforce needs…
Ten years after median barriers trapped flood waters on I-12, contributing to the massive flooding in Livingston Parish, DOTD will soon begin work to retrofit those barriers. Brooke Goodrich with DOTD says the 6.4-million-dollar project will involve modifying sections of the existing concrete barrier system.
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Denham Springs and Walker filed suit against the state for the faulty design of the median barriers and part of that settlement will pay for retrofitting the barriers.
Entergy Vice President of Business Operations Laura Beauchamp says Meta’s Richland Parish investment will be felt across the Bayou state….
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It was a brutally hot weekend. The high temperature in Monroe and Shreveport yesterday got up to 102-degrees. Unfortunately the Climate Predication Center says rain chances will be below normal and temperatures will be above normal into next week.