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The federal Minerals Management Service has approved a grant of just under $700,000 to Tangipahoa Parish for the first phase of a shoreline protection project on the northern edge of Lake Pontchartrain.
The money will be used for engineering and design, land rights and administrative costs.
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According to Wikipedia the definition of krewe is: A Krewe (pronounced in the same way as "crew") is an organization that puts on a parade and or a ball for the Carnival season. The term is best known for its association with New Orleans Mardi Gras, but is also used in other Carnival celebrations around the Gulf of Mexico, such as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Florida, and Springtime Tallahassee as well as in La Crosse, Wisconsin
It began with a simple question, “So, just what exactly is a krewe?” … And so we set out to “decode the krewes” as Mardi Gras fever grips the Capital City.
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Vice President Joe Biden will be in Louisiana on Friday to announce steps that the Administration is taking to assist recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s new series with Chef John Folse is called A Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Company: Our Food Heritage and is the eleventh collaboration between LPB and the internationally renowned Cajun and Creole Chef.
All of the previous series have aired on public television stations around the country. The new series is the companion to Folse’s best-selling cookbook, The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine, already in its fourth printing in less than two years. The 841-page book took more than six years to research and write…
Friday, January 8th @ 11:30am on LPB2
Read more via lpb.org
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Despite some recent uncertainty, a Christmas Eve tradition is expected to be revived in the Mississippi River parishes west of New Orleans.
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It should be no surprise that Louisiana is included a few times in a Best Of Cookbooks list.
John Besh's My New Orleans
Find the Perfect Cookbook for a Gourmet, Home Cook, Child and More on ABCNews.com, 15 more great cookbooks to give as gifts this year!
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An early December snow storm moved up the East Coast, dumping several inches of snow as far south as Louisiana. Snow caused a few cancellations at Washington's Dulles International Airport.
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Louisiana National Guardsmen participated in a video game competition against the undefeated New Orleans Saints at their training facility in Metairie, La., Dec. 1.
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At 9 AM CST...1500 UTC...all hurricane warnings and watches along the Gulf Coast have been discontinued. A tropical storm warning is now in effect from Grand Isle Louisiana eastward to the Aucilla River Florida... including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 24 hours.
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