COVID hospitalizations have dropped to their lowest point since July as the last report from the Louisiana Department of Health had 1,755 people hospitalized with the coronavirus. The positivity rate has also dropped from 14 to 11-percent. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says while the numbers are encouraging, he’s asking citizens to remain vigilant with COVID mitigation practices…
cut 12 (11) “….future increases”

The number of customers still without power continues to decline, but a majority of customers are still without power in St. John, St Charles Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parishes. Entergy President Phillip May…
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The executive director of the Bayou Community Foundation says the group is focusing its assistance efforts on hard-hit Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Jennifer Armand says the organization has raised several million dollars so far.
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Armand says money keeps pouring into the foundation’s fund that has helped pay for fuel, food, and other needs.

North Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is celebrating the start-up of the second of three planned SWEPCO wind farms in Oklahoma. Campbell says the 287-megawatt Maverick wind farm is now providing more clean energy for SWEPCO’s Louisiana customers…
cut 9 (12) “…in a forward way”
The Louisiana Public Service Commission unanimously approved Campbell’s motion to endorse the SWEPC wind project in May 2020.