What started in July 2025 as a group of residents hoping to bring a skatepark to Jena has grown into a registered nonprofit organization working to raise roughly $500,000 for the project while also running community aid efforts, including an upcoming hygiene kit giveaway for underprivileged children...

The Central Louisiana Technical Community College’s new Rod Brady Campus in Jena remains on schedule for a 2028 opening, Campus Dean Michelle Moreau told a crowd July 21 at the LaSalle Economic Development District’s (LEDD) Legislative Update Forum at The Strand Theater in Jena. Cynthia Cockerham, L...

Gains attributed to Richland Parish’s Meta project Sales tax collections across Northeast Louisiana’s 10 cooperative parishes rose to $384 million in 2025, up from $340 million in 2024, according to data published by NELA Growth, a regional economic tracking site built by Crenshaw Analytics for Grow...