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234 million dollars of BP Oil Spill settlement money is approved for five coastal and marsh restoration projects in Terrebonne and Plaquemines parishes. 3.1 million dollars will go towards the Terrebonne Houma Navigation Channel Island Restoration. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Deputy Director Greg Grandy says it will provide a habitat for nesting birds that were impacted by the spill.

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That’s one of the smallest of the five projects. The biggest is the 157 million dollar Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project which will restore 1400 acres of marsh.

It may be Black Friday today but local companies hope you save some money tomorrow for Small Business Saturday. Kevin Steele Sr., owner of Steele Christmas Tree Farm in Angie, asks you to check out your local Christmas tree farm instead of going with plastic from a big-box retailer.

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The pandemic changes shopping trends for the fourth quarter, but will it help retailers end up in the black. Brooke Thorington has more.

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A Venezuelan court sentenced six American CITGO executives, one of them Lake Charles native Tomeu Vadall, to prison on corruption charges. A lawyer representing the group called the charges baseless and politically motivated. The US State Department has been working to free the CITGO Six, but the sentencing at least temporarily ends any hope of a speedy release. The Six have been imprisoned in the country for the last three years.