Rising water on the Mississippi has the Army Corps of Engineers considering opening the Bonnet Carre spillway. It would be a record third consecutive year if that happens. The Corps will make its decision by Friday. Current forecasts call for the river to rise to a level of 17.3 feet at the Carrollton gauge by…
The Louisiana National Guard is responding to the coronavirus crisis statewide, with the largest number of soldiers concentrated in metro New Orleans. Their disaster relief and response missions have about 1,200 soldiers doing anything from preparing meals, distributing personal protective equipment, securing space for emergency shelters and even swabbing people with coronavirus symptoms at drive-thru…
6:40 Q: Young people say that when you start paying for THIS it is a sure sign that you have become an adult. What? A: Streaming services Winner: Dennis Riecke from Covington! 7:10 Q: There has been a more than 150% increase in this type of work in the last 10 years. What is it?…
Chris Masingill, CEO of STPDD called to update our listeners on where we are with the federal help that is coming. He talked about what business owners should be doing now and he shared that there are some employers on the Northshore who are hiring. Hear his interview below.
COAST is hosting another awards event for local seniors. Hear her explain who can be honored in the interview below.
Zac spoke about meeting the needs of patients and staff at the hospital during this crisis. Hear what he said in the interview below.
Parish President Mike Cooper spoke about the closure of the Trace, and reports that some people were out at parties on our waterways over the weekend. He said he has asked the Sheriff’s Office to have those gatherings disband should it happen in the future.
The Louisiana Department of Health says as of yesterday we had 4,025 cases reported from 3,251 state tests and 30,853 commercial tests. 185 people have now died from the Coronavirus. 1,158 COVID patients are in hospitals, 385 of them require ventilators. Orleans Parish has 1,480 cases reported and 86 deaths have occurred there. There are…
The Northshore Community Foundation launched the Northshore Emergency Relief Fund on March 14, amid the growing COVID-19 crisis. By March 25, the Foundation had made its first round of grants to deploy much-needed funds to the critical organizations who are working to feed our most vulnerable populations. In its first round of grants, the Foundation…
Many Louisiana households who received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in March will see an extra boost on their SNAP cards today, following a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorizing supplemental SNAP benefits to bring each household to its maximum allotment by size, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Households…