Plaquemines Parish officials and Firefighters cut the ribbon on the brand new Buras Fire Department. The station was completely rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina and is the third of six newly built fire stations to open since 2009.
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser credited the volunteer firefighters, Fire Coordinator Roy Robichaux, Parish employees, directors, and all those [...]
As well kill nears completion, attention begins to turn to recovery.
Reports began to surface Aug. 4: BP’s static kill procedure, aimed at injecting heavy drilling mud and cement into the top of the blown out well, was working as planned. The news came on day 107 of the disaster.
By Friday, the static kill was complete, [...]
A trio of lawsuits came before the 25th Judicial District Court of Plaquemines Parish last week that challenged the qualifications of three candidates running for parish council.
Two of the lawsuits took aim at Bill Hardin and Lyle Stockstill, both of whom are candidates for the District 7 council seat currently occupied by Jay Friedman, who [...]
Last week, Plaquemines Parish officials hosted two open houses – one at the Buras Auditorium and the other at Phoenix High School – aimed at arming residents with vital oil spill related information and connecting them to representatives from both BP and various government agencies.
In all, the open houses included representatives from BP, the Vessel [...]
Empire’s ‘Vessel of No Opportunity’ gets its chance to work for BP
The sign was easy to spot from Highway 23 in Empire. Painted on the side of an ice chest on the deck of an imposing 70-foot-long schooner named “Perfection,” the sign, in red and black letters, read “Vessel of No Opportunity.”
The Perfection’s captain is [...]
Last Monday, Audrey Mudge and her neighbors on G Street in Belle Chasse were enjoying a pleasant weekday afternoon – working in the yard, visiting with passersby, enjoying the outdoors from the patio.
And then, around 3:30 that afternoon, the neighbors on G Street were confronted face-to-face with one of the grim realities of the BP [...]
Qualifying was closed as of Friday, July 9, 2010 at 5 p.m.
The eligible candidates are listed below for the election being held on October 2, 2010.
Lieutenant Governor
Kenneth “Ken” Burkhalter
James “Jim” Crowley
“Jay” Dardenne
Kevin Davis
Caroline Fayard
“Butch” Gautreaux
“Sammy” Kershaw
Melanie J. McKnight
Roger Villere
Judge, Court of Appeal 4th Circuit at Large
Roland Belsome
Judge, Court of Appeal 4th Circuit, 2nd District, Division [...]
Anyone driving on Highway 23 through Boothville can’t miss it. In just a month, some 32-acres of vegetation-filled, undeveloped land has been transformed into BP’s new “Venice Responders Village,” an almost-all-inclusive camp for workers aiding in the oil spill cleanup.
For residents, restauranteurs, and hotel operators in southern Plaquemines Parish, the Responders Village, from the outside, [...]
Coast Guard temporarily sidelines vacuum barges amid safety concerns
U.S. Coast Guard officials approached a group of vacuum barges June 16 that were removing oil near Barataria Bay on the Westbank of Plaquemines, and ordered the vessels back to dock, citing safety concerns and improper certification documents.
The vacuum barges sat inactive until the next day, while [...]
Crutchfield was not fired, as was expected to accompanying a guilty verdict. Instead the board voted to suspend the popular coach from teaching for 30 days without pay at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year and from driving the bus for five days, also without pay. He had already been relieved of his coaching duties.
