Bayou Cane News

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. BAYOU CANE - When Justine Pellegrin arrived home June 14 after a day of playing with her family on the beach, she was not expecting an emergency.

Terrebonne's first bike path may complement one of the parish's new roads. The future extension of Westside Boulevard, which will stretch from West Main Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard, could include a path for bicyclists.

Unemployment in Louisiana in May 2009, according to the latest information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, stood at a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.6 percent, well below the national jobless rate of 9.4 percent.

The Bayou Cane Fire District is now equipped with jumpsuit-style outfits designed to guard firefighters from bee stings.

The Louisiana attorney general said the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District may not continue providing health benefits to its outgoing and ailing chief after his retirement.

The Little Apple has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. The Labor Department released new unemployment figures showing raises in all of the nation's largest cities.

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux area had the lowest unemployment rate among all metro areas in the country in March, and the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner corridor had the lowest unemployment rate among the nation's largest metro areas, according to a report released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Iowa City had the nation's lowest unemployment rate in March, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday.

Honolulu's jobless rate was 5.8 percent in March, up from 5.4 percent in February, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics .