Federal and state budgeting policies could force Louisiana into structural budget shortfalls approaching $300 million in fiscal 2027 and more than $1 billion by 2029, the director of a nonpartisan think tank, Invest in Louisiana, told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday.“These aren’t my numbers,...

Members of the L.A.D.D. Center in Jena visited the Centennial Cultural Center (CCC) in downtown Olla last Friday morning for a special Mardi Gras celebration. At the start of the program, attendees walked through the doors of the Cultural Center where they were adorned in Mardi Gras fashion items of...

KALB News Channel 5’s Meteorologist Ian Beck visited third graders at Good Pine Middle School on February 25 to share with them knowledge about all types of weather conditions. Beck - seen regularly on the Alexandria television station - talked about hurricanes, tornadoes and severe weather, and too...

More Jobs - Invigorate Logging Industry No matter what one’s opinion is regarding Carbon Capture Sequestration (CCS), the new plant planned for Caldwe...

LaSalle Parish schools will be in session an extra day for a “Weather Make-Up Day” on Monday, March 30.LaSalle Parish School Superintendent Jon Garret...

The new campus of the Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) Rod Brady Campus of Jena is progressing, as noted at the LaSalle Economic ...