Today is the 18th anniversary of when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has a look at the recovery
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The state continues to battle wildfires and the the Tiger Island Fire in Beauregard Parish remains at 50-percent containment. It has burned more than 33-thousand acres and there are 224 people working on putting out the fire. Another fire in Beauregard near Longville has destroyed 19-thousand acres.

For the first time ever, the federal government is auctioning off sections of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that will be developed to produce wind energy. LSU Center for Energy Studies Director Greg Upton says this is part of the White House’s goal of a net zero emissions economy by no later than 2050…
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Upton says it will be three to five years before any wind projects appear in federal waters.

The state Department of Revenue is getting the word out the second amendment sales tax holiday is back. From Friday to Sunday, you can purchase firearms, ammunition and specified hunting supplies and not pay sales taxes. L-D-R Secretary Kevin Richard says in 2018 the second amendment sales tax holiday and other sales tax holidays were suspended because of a massive budget shortfall, but …
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