Entergy Louisiana expects to have power available to the majority of customers in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes by September 23rd, with the remaining customers online by September 30th. Laura came ashore August 24th and Entergy Louisiana spokesperson Brandon Scardigli says she left an incredible amount of damage in her wake…
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48,500 customers remain without power in Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes.
Hurricane Laura caused an estimated 525-million dollars in damage to Louisiana farmers and 1.1 billion dollars to the state timber industry. AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry says in comparison, agricultural losses from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina totaled one-point-five billion dollars. But Guidry says crops were not as affected this year as in 2005…
Monroe-based Fortune 500 Company CenturyLink will now be known as Lumen Technologies, a change that Lumen Consumer Markets President Maxine Moreau says reflect’s their company’s new direction and goal of helping businesses through the fourth industrial revolution. If you’re a CenturyLink customer your existing services won’t be impacted…
CenturyLink was founded in 1930 as a telephone company based out of Oak Ridge.
Hurricane Sally looks set to dump up to 30 inches of rain on parts of Alabama as the system continues to tack more and more to the east and away from Louisiana. The Bayou State is now not expecting much of an impact other than some light storm surge, but Plaqumines Parish President Kirk Lepine says the initial forecasts had folks heading away from the coasts…