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Hard Census Count Helps New Orleans Move Forward

The changes to New Orleans became visible almost as soon as the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina receded in 2005, but having a real count today from the release of 2010 census data will enable the city's leaders to know what's actually going on in the post-Katrina world for the first time. New Orleans lost 140,845...

What's Really Going to Destroy the Gulf Coast

(Oct. 30) -- Six months after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the areas affected by the massive oil spill are beginning to recover. But for years the Mississippi River delta has faced a threat even more insidious than that of a geyser of oil, and for many in coastal wetlands, "recovery" is a...

Massive Fish Kill Not BP's Fault

P. J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management

(Sept. 16) -- BP is behind the worst accidental oil spill in history, and is thus responsible for the deaths of much affected animal life in the Gulf of Mexico. But the latest gruesome fish kill? Don't count on it. Louisiana's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries determined that rising temperatures and low tide caused the...

Massive Fish Kill Hits Mississippi River Near Oil Spill [VIDEO]

(Sept. 14) -- The river looked like a road paved with dead fish. Local residents spotted hundreds of thousands of dead fish floating atop the Mississippi River late Friday evening near Bayou Chaland in Plaquemines Parish, La., just north of the Gulf of Mexico, a spot that has been affected by the BP oil spill, the Times...

Gulf Pol Rages Away as BP Swaps in Junior Spill Boss

(Aug. 7) -- "I'm trying to be nice and stay off TV. That's what they want," said the man who spent weeks tethered to Anderson Cooper, ranting on CNN with equal rancor about government indifference and BP arrogance. Yet for Plaquemines Parish president Billy Nungesser, lowering his profile has proved impossible. A few days...

Plaquemines Parish News From the Web

05/31/12 St. Bernard State Park pool is open for summer Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA With children out of school for the summer and temperatures beginning to soar well into the 90s, it's a great time to visit the St. Bernard State Park pool in Braithwaite.
05/18/12 New Orleans-area first-time jobless claims up over week Source: New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans LA First-time unemployment claims in the New Orleans area were up slightly last week to 796 from 738, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
05/11/12 First-time jobless claims down throughout New Orleans... Source: New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans LA First-time unemployment claims in the New Orleans area were down to 738 from 930 last week, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
05/04/12 New Orleans-area first time jobless claims up 18.2... Source: New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans LA First-time unemployment claims in the New Orleans area were up to 930 from 787 last week, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
05/01/12 Belle Chasse/Scarsdale ferry down to one boat for... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA Plaquemines Parish commuters should be aware that there will only be one boat in service at the Belle Chasse/Scarsdale ferry for the second straight day.