The holiday season is here – and so is flu and COVID-19 season. Dr. Gabrielle Givens with St. Tammany Hospital says the very best way you can protect yourself is getting vaccinated. She says the vaccines are in abundant supply and have been updated for this winter.

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Givens says while neither the flu nor the COVID-19 vaccine can prevent someone from contracting either virus, they can minimize symptoms and complications.

Another artificial intelligence data center is coming to Louisiana. This latest one will be in West Feliciana Parish for a company called Hut 8, which operates Bitcoin mining facilities and data centers at 20 sites throughout North America. Parish President Kenny Havard says this new data center will generate some decent tax revenue for the parish.

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The first of the two buildings could be up and running by the end of next year.

Small Business optimism is the highest it’s been since June 2021. Sean Richardson has more.

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The Saints are preparing to face the Commanders Sunday in the Superdome. They’ve won three of their last four games after firing Dennis Allen.