Term-limited Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, asked his colleagues on the House redistricting committee last week to consolidate Plaquemines Parish into one House district as the legislators ...

Over 1,200 customers were without power in Plaquemines Parish on Sunday evening, according to Entergy. Entergy's map showed 1,225 customers were impacted by the outage.

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. — The majority of customers in Plaquemines Parish had power restored after an outage left over 2,000 without electricity Wednesday morning, according to Entergy's outage map.

Lepine added despite its vulnerability to storms, Plaquemines is the only coastal parish without a dedicated tax for levees and flood control.

Over the past four years, Plaquemines Parish has been buffeted by hurricanes, industrial plant closures, the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting tax revenue from oil and gas. The travails have ...

The majority of customers in Plaquemines Parish had power restored after an outage left over 2,000 without electricity Wednesday morning, according to Entergy's outage map.

Plaquemines Parish officials have given an update on the recovery efforts and resources available to the parish as they continue to be under a state of emergency.

Thousands of Entergy customers in Plaquemines Parish are waking up in the dark. As of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, more than 2,000 customers were without power, mostly in the Belle Chasse area.

The Plaquemines Parish school system continues to earn high rankings amongst other public school systems throughout the state. According to a series of standardized tests issued by the Louisiana ...

While New Orleans got most of the attention for the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, the storm actually came ashore first at Plaquemines Parish, nearly wiping that place off the map ...