In Beauregard Parish, residents in Merryville and the surrounding area were told to leave immediately late yesterday afternoon as the Tiger Island Fire was within two miles of the town. Evacuations have also been ordered in Vernon Parish in the Evans area and B Johnson road.

People who are responsible for starting wildfires will be held liable according to State Ag and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain. Teiko Foxx has more.
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Scorching temperatures and dry conditions have placed 90 percent of Louisiana in some type of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which is updated every Thursday. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
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The drought monitor shows 44-percent of the state in extreme drought. That most of south Louisiana and the Alexandria area and western parishes like Sabine and Vernon.

We are 50 days until the October 14th primary and Tim Temple is already the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner-elect as his lone opponent dropped out of the race last week. Temple says he’s been meeting with stakeholders to find solutions to the insurance crisis and he doesn’t want to rush to failure with a half-baked plan…
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Temple says he wants to make Louisiana attractive for insurance companies to do business in the state, but the regulatory environment also needs to be consumer friendly.