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44 min ago | TheNewOrleansChannel

Coastal Parishes Prep For Possible Flooding

As Ida gets closer to the Gulf of Mexico, flooding becomes a concern in southeastern Louisiana.

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8 hrs ago | Times-Picayune

Grand Isle frantically tries to bulk up levee

As high winds and storm surge continue to pick up at Grand Isle, workers are scrambling to make makeshift repairs to the collapse of a 1,000-foot stretch of a seven-mile long levee under construction on the south side of the island .

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Ida could threaten Gulf Coast...Investigating Fort Hood case...Contemplating Guantanamo

Parts of the Gulf Coast could be feeling the effects of Hurricane Ida in the next 36 hours.

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WDSU.com

Ida Weakens To Tropical Storm; Track Shifts West

A weakened Ida moved through the Gulf of Mexico early Monday, forecast to skirt the mouth of the Mississippi River before making landfall somewhere on the Mississippi or Alabama on Tuesday.

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RickeyStokesNews.com

IDA expected to make landfall as minimal hurricane

BULLETIN HURRICANE IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 21 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009 900 PM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 ...IDA HEADING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD....HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... AT 900 PM CST...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI ...

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RTE

Hurricane Ida leaves 91 dead in El Salvador

At least 91 people are dead and another 60 are missing following deadly floods and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

La. wildlife experts concerned about tiger prawns

BATON ROUGE - The chief concerns Louisiana shrimpers have had about foreign shrimp involved the low prices they forced onto the market.

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Thenew995fm.com

Moderate To Heavy Rain Expected Through Early Friday Morning

It will be a soggy Thursday in southeast Louisiana and forecasters say there is a chance for some localized flooding of the usual areas that suffer from poor drainage.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Times-Picayune

Public vehicles ride free on bridge

At first glance, a recent state attorney general opinion that Grand Isle Port Commission vehicles are exempt from tolls on the new Louisiana 1 bridge in Leeville might appear to be a largely moral victory.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

TheNewOrleansChannel

AG Opinion Fuels Dispute Over Bridge Tolls 2hr

An opinion from the state Attorney General's Office says vehicles owned by public agencies in Louisiana are exempt from paying tolls on a new bridge spanning Bayou Lafourche between Leeville and Grand Isle.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Times-Picayune

7 Jeff drainage projects advance

The state has approved seven Jefferson Parish drainage projects to be paid for with $16 million in federal disaster relief grants linked to Hurricane Katrina.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Melancon urges replacement fishing pier

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon says a pier for recreational fishermen at Grand Isle was too important to the economy and culture of the island to be lost.

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NOLA.com

St. Tammany Parish Jail escapee pleads guilty to 2005 murder

One of four men who escaped from the St. Tammany Parish jail in June has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2005 killing of a 19-year-old Alabama woman whose bound and gagged body was found in the West Pearl River near Interstate 59.

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Sun Sep 20, 2009

Times-Picayune

Grand Isle bridge burns

About 2,000 linear feet of the oldest section of Grand Isle's historic fishing bridge went up in smoke early Saturday in a chemical-fueled fire that burned for more than seven hours, authorities said.

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Sat Sep 19, 2009

BayouBuzz.com

Jefferson Parish Gets Millions For Drainage From Louisiana, CDBG

The state of Louisiana has approved more than $16 million for six drainage projects in unincorporated Jefferson Parish and one drainage project in the Town of Grand Isle, allowing parish officials to access federal Community Development Block Grant funds needed to implement the projects.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Northwest Florida Daily News

Spoiled beaches

Let me tell you a true story about offshore oil rigs. I moved here from Louisiana a few years ago and thoroughly enjoy the white sand and awesome beaches here.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009

KATC-TV Lafayette

Officials Offer 'Geaux Pass' For Toll On LA 1 Bridge

To make your next fishing trip to Grand Isle or Fourchon easier and less time consuming, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging anglers to go to www.geauxpass.com to buy a one-time pass or sign up for a GeauxPass to cross the new La.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Orion Marine Group Announces a Contract Award of Approximately $27 Million

Orion Marine Group, Inc. , a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $27 million.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

WWL-AM New Orleans

Gustav anniversary a reminder of need for preparedness

One year ago today, many New Orleanians were once again flung far and wide, watching on TV their hometown getting hit by a hurricane.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

Houston Business Journal

Orion unit wins bridge contract

A subsidiary of Orion Marine Group Inc. has been awarded a $27 million contract by an unnamed customer.

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