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$5.86M awarded to Ouachita for flood risk projects

The Council on Watershed Management approved $5.86 million in federal funding for three flood risk reduction projects in Region 3 during their Aug, 5 ...

Governor announces Bayou Lafourche, White Castle federally-funded projects

The $2.1 million Bayou Lafourche pump project and the $2.56 million White Castle canal drainage improvement project are among the $34 million in feder...

Natchitoches Parish to receive $3.43 Million

BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards is announcing $34 million in federal funding for 13 flood risk reduction projects recommended by regions throughou...

Gov. Edwards announces $34M for 13 flood mitigation projects, some in Acadiana

Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced $34 million in federal funding for 13 flood risk reduction projects recommended by regions throughout the state as...

$10 million drainage project in the works in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Alexandria Mayor Jeff Hall said that a $10 million drainage project for the city is currently in the works.The mayor made thi...

BREC gets $4.7M for Cypress Bayou flood mitigation project

BREC has secured funding for a Louisiana Watershed Initiative project to help reduce flood risk in areas surrounding the Cypress Bayou watershed, whic...

City of Monroe awarded $3.1 million for mitigation efforts

The City of Monroe was awarded $3.1 million from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative to help with mitigation efforts in the city. Mayor Friday Ellis an...

In flood-prone Lake Charles neighborhood, residents consider whether it’s time to leave

LAKE CHARLES — Diadra Carmen steels herself before she opens the door, telling herself not to be afraid. Tears roll down her cheeks when she begins to...

State allots over $5 million for buyout project to reduce local flood risk

The state is awarding $5.2 million to fund voluntary residential buyouts in West Monroe in Watershed Region 3, which includes most of northeast Louisi...

Louisiana divvies up $60 million in funding for shovel-ready flood relief projects

Louisiana divvied up more than $60 million in funding Thursday for shovel-ready flood control projects as part of the state’s $1.2 billion Watershed I...

$61.6M in federal funding announced for flood risk reduction projects

Governor Edwards announced on Thursday $61.6 million in federal funding for 16 flood risk reduction projects throughout the state as part of the Water...

Lafayette, Alexandria, Church Point flooding projects win $19.6m in LWI funding

Flood mitigation projects in Lafayette, Alexandria and Church Point won a combined $19.6 million from Louisiana’s Watershed Initiative, which announce...