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The annual Boudin & Cracklin Festival in Lake Charles pulls former residents back to southwest Louisiana each summer for a weekend built entirely around pork, family, and local pride.
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SOWELA Technical Community College is expanding process technology and industrial training programs in Lake Charles to meet demand from the region's petrochemical and manufacturing employers.
Loyola University New Orleans has launched a mentorship initiative pairing recent education graduates with veteran teachers to reduce early-career burnout in local classrooms.
Southeastern Louisiana University is expanding professional development offerings for area teachers, adding new coursework focused on literacy instruction and classroom technology.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is rolling out a new artificial intelligence concentration within its computer science program, aiming to prepare Acadiana students for a fast-growing tech sector.
From Slidell to Metairie, hospitals across southeast Louisiana refine their hurricane preparedness plans each year, balancing patient safety with the realities of storm season.
Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is tracking how warming temperatures and coastal flooding could reshape mosquito-borne disease risk in New Orleans and beyond.
Federally qualified health centers around Lafayette continue to serve as a lifeline for uninsured and underinsured residents across the Acadiana region.
Fourth-generation shrimper Etienne Robichaux has transformed Bayou Terrebonne Seafood Co. from a single dock operation into a processing and direct-to-consumer brand helping local fishing families compete with imports.
Lake Charles native Odalys Broussard has grown Calcasieu Marine Logistics from a two-boat tugboat operation into a diversified maritime services company supporting the region's booming industrial waterfront.
Bossier City entrepreneur Marcus Whitfield has built Red River Rhythm Entertainment Group into a hub for live music and tourism, opening venues that pair casino-district foot traffic with homegrown Louisiana talent.
Baton Rouge engineer-turned-executive Desmond Aucoin is building Capitol Ridge Energy Solutions into a regional player in grid modernization, pairing traditional utility contracting with battery storage projects.
Charging part of a service on the card and quietly collecting the rest off the books has a name, skimming, and it is one of the surest ways to raise concern with the IRS. Here is why it is riskier than it looks, and what honest owners do instead.
Shrimpers and oyster harvesters around Terrebonne Parish are increasingly framing wetland restoration as an economic necessity for the seafood industry's future.
Paying part of a worker's wages in cash off the books can feel like a win for everyone, but of all the habits in this series it's the one the IRS treats most seriously. Here is why it raises concern, and why it quietly hurts your staff too.
Community banks and nonprofit lenders around Lafayette are expanding financing options for entrepreneurs who have struggled to qualify for traditional loans.
Office and retail landlords along the Veterans Boulevard corridor are reporting steadier leasing activity as businesses reassess their space needs.
As global energy demand shifts, companies in the Lake Charles industrial corridor are diversifying investment across traditional fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture.
A Lafayette chef who started serving Cajun-Vietnamese fusion out of a converted trailer has opened her first brick-and-mortar restaurant after four years of steady growth.
Long after the French Quarter's tourist crowds thin out, a small Frenchmen Street club in New Orleans keeps live jazz running past midnight for locals and musicians alike.
Slidell
A new summer program in Slidell is teaching teenagers resume writing, interview skills, and financial basics, aiming to give young people in St. Tammany Parish a head start on their careers.
Covington
The Covington Farmers Market celebrates ten years this summer, having grown from a handful of folding tables into a Saturday morning tradition for the north shore community.
Lake Charles
With hurricane season underway, Lake Charles residents are stocking supplies and reviewing evacuation routes, drawing on hard lessons from past storms that battered the region.
Houma
In Houma and the surrounding bayou communities, generations of shrimping and fishing families are changing how they work as coastal land loss reshapes Terrebonne Parish.
Monroe
A small Monroe-based nonprofit has quietly grown into a lifeline for homebound seniors across Ouachita Parish, pairing hot meals with regular visits from volunteers.
A customer of Tipsy Nail Bar in Baton Rouge enjoyed her visit but said the gel on her pedicure began lifting within days, leaving her feeling the price was not worth it. A look at what the review can teach nail teams about preparation, durability, and standing behind the work.
A client found the salon nearly empty at 2 pm yet was still rushed, charged $5 for a big-toe design that was not done right, left with dried lotion and salt scrub on her legs and toes, and had a color request go unmet, all for $75. A look at unhurried care, a clean finish, and listening.
A client says a technician handled her hands and feet roughly and did not adjust after she asked to be treated more gently, though a second technician later turned the visit around. A look at what attentive touch and respectful communication mean for client comfort.
From Slidell to Metairie, hospitals across southeast Louisiana refine their hurricane preparedness plans each year, balancing patient safety with the realities of storm season.
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A new summer program in Slidell is teaching teenagers resume writing, interview skills, and financial basics, aiming to give young people in St. Tammany Parish a head start on their careers.
Read the story →Covington retailer Beau Landry has grown Northshore Mercantile Co. from a single storefront into a five-store regional chain, betting on locally made goods as Northshore towns draw more New Orleans transplants.
Read the story →SOWELA Technical Community College is expanding process technology and industrial training programs in Lake Charles to meet demand from the region's petrochemical and manufacturing employers.
Read the story →Office and retail landlords along the Veterans Boulevard corridor are reporting steadier leasing activity as businesses reassess their space needs.
Read the story →Shrimpers and oyster harvesters around Terrebonne Parish are increasingly framing wetland restoration as an economic necessity for the seafood industry's future.
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A new recovery-focused studio in downtown Lake Charles is introducing cold plunge tubs and compression therapy to a city more familiar with traditional gyms.
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Loyola University New Orleans has launched a mentorship initiative pairing recent education graduates with veteran teachers to reduce early-career burnout in local classrooms.
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