Grand Isle News

BATON ROUGE - The chief concerns Louisiana shrimpers have had about foreign shrimp involved the low prices they forced onto the market.

It will be a soggy Thursday in southeast Louisiana and forecasters say there is a chance for some localized flooding of the usual areas that suffer from poor drainage.

At first glance, a recent state attorney general opinion that Grand Isle Port Commission vehicles are exempt from tolls on the new Louisiana 1 bridge in Leeville might appear to be a largely moral victory.

An opinion from the state Attorney General's Office says vehicles owned by public agencies in Louisiana are exempt from paying tolls on a new bridge spanning Bayou Lafourche between Leeville and Grand Isle.

The state has approved seven Jefferson Parish drainage projects to be paid for with $16 million in federal disaster relief grants linked to Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon says a pier for recreational fishermen at Grand Isle was too important to the economy and culture of the island to be lost.

One of four men who escaped from the St. Tammany Parish jail in June has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2005 killing of a 19-year-old Alabama woman whose bound and gagged body was found in the West Pearl River near Interstate 59.

About 2,000 linear feet of the oldest section of Grand Isle's historic fishing bridge went up in smoke early Saturday in a chemical-fueled fire that burned for more than seven hours, authorities said.

The state of Louisiana has approved more than $16 million for six drainage projects in unincorporated Jefferson Parish and one drainage project in the Town of Grand Isle, allowing parish officials to access federal Community Development Block Grant funds needed to implement the projects.

Let me tell you a true story about offshore oil rigs. I moved here from Louisiana a few years ago and thoroughly enjoy the white sand and awesome beaches here.

To make your next fishing trip to Grand Isle or Fourchon easier and less time consuming, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging anglers to go to www.geauxpass.com to buy a one-time pass or sign up for a GeauxPass to cross the new La.

Orion Marine Group, Inc. , a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $27 million.

One year ago today, many New Orleanians were once again flung far and wide, watching on TV their hometown getting hit by a hurricane.

A subsidiary of Orion Marine Group Inc. has been awarded a $27 million contract by an unnamed customer.

A Salt Lake City-based private equity firm will recapitalize Grand Isle Shipyard Inc., a petroleum service company based in Galliano.

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District are seeking volunteers for a marsh-restoration project at Elmer's Island in Grand Isle.

A prominent Grand Isle shrimp processor has resigned from the Louisiana Shrimp Association after the group requested an investigation into allegations that processors are fixing prices.

A prominent Grand Isle shrimp processor has resigned from the Louisiana Shrimp Association after the group requested an investigation into allegations that processors are fixing prices.

A Lafourche Parish council member wants state help for Lafourche residents facing tolls on the new Leeville Bridge.

This summer red snapper counts showed signs of bouncing back from overfishing, but biologists say the recovery is still years away.