Governor Edwards says his request for an emergency declaration ahead of Sally’s arrival has been approved by President Trump, and that 12 parishes in southeast Louisiana will close state offices tomorrow out of an abundance of caution.
Several southeast Louisiana coastal parishes have issued evacuations as Hurricane Sally is expected to brush past the Bayou State as a Category Two storm tomorrow. Jeff Palermo has the story…
The Louisiana Forestry Association projects the state industry will take a 1.1 billion dollar hit from Hurricane Laura’s devastating arrival in southwest Louisiana. executive director Buck Vandersteen says there’s so much timber on the ground, it be hard to salvage more than 15-percent of it…
Cut 11 (12) “…reduce production.”
Vandersteen says Laura impacted 770-thousand acres of forest in 22 parishes.
67 new jobs are coming to Lafayette as Westfield Fluid Controls announces they’ll build a 5.1 million dollar manufacturing facility in the Northpark Technology Center. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the average pay is just under 50,000 dollars a year, and benefits are included.