The Superdome crowd was silenced last night as the Saints fell to the Falcons 45-24 on the 20th anniversary of the team’s return to the stadium after Katrina. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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So far, there has yet to be a hurricane in the Atlantic in 2026. Could that streak come to an end this week? Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Department of Energy awards Entergy almost 14-million dollars in federal grants to strengthen its power grid in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Kristen Granier (GRAHN-yay), the director of federal infrastructure policy at Entergy, says part of that money will be used to deploy a dynamic line rating sensor.
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Granier says information obtained from this sensor can help it manage its energy infrastructure.
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Granier says the goal is to reduce congestion and to use existing assets more efficiently.
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In all, this is a four-year project aimed at improving congestion management so that Entergy can defer capital investments and reduce costs – ultimately translating into savings for customers.
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A night of celebration in the Superdome went sour quickly as the Falcons spoiled the 20th anniversary of the Domecoming with a 45-24 thrashing of the Saints. New Orleans trailed by two scores for much of the game, and quarterback Tyler Shough says there’s no way to sugarcoat it.
The Falcons got whatever they wanted offensively, scoring on their last six complete drives. The Saints fell to 1-and-3 after a promising start to the season, and head coach Kellen Moore says the team was especially frustrated after the divisional loss.
The Saints will return to the Dome on Sunday to host the undefeated Vikings. Moore says the team needs to move past the disappointing loss but can’t forget it.
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President Trump has signed an executive order that waives the off-road requirement to use tax-free red-dye diesel. This means truckers, farmers and timber harvesters can use red-dye diesel, which is cheaper, because it is exempt from state and federal highway excise taxes. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain on the cost savings
The White House says the executive order immediately cuts diesel costs by authorizing highway use of tax-free dyed diesel and deferring the federal diesel excise tax through the end of the year. Strain says the action puts money back in the pockets of farmers, ranchers, truckers and loggers
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Diesel fuel prices have spiked since the Iran war started. According to Triple-A, the price of diesel was more than six-dollars a gallon last month in Louisiana. It has come down to a statewide average of $5.84 a gallon. But Strain says he’s hearing that diesel prices will remain high for many months…
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Today is October 6th; and we are still waiting for our first Atlantic hurricane of 2026. There’s a chance a disturbance brewing in the Bay of Campeche in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico could be it. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jacob Zeringue says conditions are favorable for development over the next couple of days.
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Zeringue says that means it’s possible that after eight Atlantic tropical storms, we could see Hurricane Isaias (eee-sah-EE-ahs).
The National Hurricane Center says there’s almost a 100-percent chance of a cyclone forming within the next 48 hours. Zeringue says two big questions remain – Will the storm be hurricane strength when it makes landfall, and where along the U.S. coast will it make landfall?
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In the satellite era, there has never been a year without a hurricane in the Atlantic. We have never gone this late into the year without one; the previous record for the latest date for the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic was September 11th, accomplished in 2002 and 2014.