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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.
Beauty & Wellness
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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.
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.
Shrimpers and oyster harvesters around Terrebonne Parish are increasingly framing wetland restoration as an economic necessity for the seafood industry's future.
Operators along Lafourche Parish's working coast are pouring capital into dock upgrades and support vessels as offshore energy activity broadens beyond traditional oil and gas.
Community banks and nonprofit lenders around Lafayette are expanding financing options for entrepreneurs who have struggled to qualify for traditional loans.
Hospitality operators in the capital city are adjusting menus, staffing models, and pricing as they work to protect margins without losing loyal customers.
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 small bayou-side retreat near Houma is drawing weekend guests seeking unplugged rest, guided reflection, and a genuine break from constant screen time.
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.
Small, membership-capped fitness studios are gaining ground in Shreveport as members trade big-box gym anonymity for tighter-knit workout communities.
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.
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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.
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Southeastern Louisiana University is expanding professional development offerings for area teachers, adding new coursework focused on literacy instruction and classroom technology.
Read the story →As global energy demand shifts, companies in the Lake Charles industrial corridor are diversifying investment across traditional fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture.
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A Metairie Pilates studio is drawing first-timers by stripping away the intimidating reputation reformer classes can carry, one small, patient session at a time.
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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.
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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.
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A cluster of independent coffee shops in Covington is transforming quiet corners of the northshore town into daily gathering spots for artists, remote workers, and retirees alike.
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