Louisiana News

A beautiful weekend is on tap for North Carolina, but not before a pretty rocky Friday afternoon, according to WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel.

Canada's fisheries and oceans minister says that the country will spend $17.5 million over the next five years to help keep the carp from spreading.

The luck of the Irish will last an entire month in Louisiana, not just on St. Patrick's Day, if a bill that has cleared the Louisiana Legislature is signed into law by Gov.

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Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear.

Looking 50 years into the future, Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan aims to turn back the tide of the relentless land loss plaguing the state.

The bondsmen found the suspect near Buffalo Grill on Bowman Road around 5:28 p.m., Sgt.

CANNES, France - Increasingly reliant on global audiences for box office success, many Hollywood studios are muting elements that might be considered too American.

It is scheduled to air on VTC 14 on May 20. Director Lai Trong Tinh speaks with Viet Nam News's My Ha about his experiences during filmmaking.

Save the wetlands -A A' Cajun Bluesman Tab Benoit formed Save the Wetlands a full year before Hurricane Katrina, and continues to be Louisiana's leading spokesman for the shrinking wetlands, where he was born and raised.

Environmental damage to coastal Louisiana following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was less than expected thanks to the Mississippi River, researchers say.

Was it only a year ago when abundant rains caused a chain-reaction of misery in the Mid-South? Back then, a sense of disbelief set in as waterways swelled past their banks, flooding farmland and threatening towns.

United Maritime Group LLC has a definitive agreement to sell a dry bulk terminal in Louisiana to Bulk Handling USA Inc.

The Mississippi Farm Bureau joined 13 sister state organizations earlier this week in filing a motion to intervene in Gulf Restoration Network, et al.

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Agriculture, forestry and aquaculture comprise more than 85 percent of the surface area of this state, 9.7 percent of work force, and over 243,000 jobs.

Crosstex Energy, L.P. and Crosstex Energy, Inc. announced that the Partnership is increasing its capacity to transload crude oil from rail cars to both barges and pipelines at its Riverside fractionation facility in southern Louisiana from approximately 4,500 barrels of crude oil per day to approximately 14,500 barrels of crude per day.

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set opening dates for the spring shrimp season - Monday for waters in the central parts of the Louisiana coast and May 21 for other areas.

The Circa $3 million contract to supply 6 Underwater Inspection Systems to the Lower Mississippi River Port-Wide Strategic Security Council has been awarded to Coda Octopus Group, Inc.

After researching Nimrod Hunter Endsley's adventure, I think I bragged on him too soon.