BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - New questions were raised a meeting with Louisiana’s Coastal Protection Restoration Authority Wednesday (March 20) about what could wind up being one of the largest ...

A large barge carrying a crane struck the Barataria Bridge on Sunday night, leaving significant damage and rendering the bridge impassable. It's the only bridge available to more than 1,000 residents ...

Now known as the Bayou Cleanup, BTNEP's annual spring event will expand into Terrebonne Parish for the first time ever.

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion had been hailed as the largest eco-restoration project in U.S. history; it was the corner stone to the state's master coastal plan, and was seen by advocates as ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The head of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) assured lawmakers that funds allocated to the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Bay diversion project would not ...

Six homes in Barataria were destroyed Thursday morning in a fire that might have been touched off by golf cart's battery short-circuiting. Hurricane Ida had knocked out the bridge that leads to the ...

The Town of Barataria in Jefferson Parish received much needed emergency equipment over the weekend. Guardsmen with the 225th Multi-Role Bridge Company began ferrying emergency equipment from Lafitte ...

In the annals of coastal protection efforts in Louisiana, progress has never been in a straight line. Periods of vigorous activity have been followed by periods of re-evaluation and assessment. It ...

BARATARIA, La. — The impacts of Hurricane Ida are still being felt across the state two hard hit areas Barataria and Lafitte where there is still standing water and many homes damaged. “Right now, ...

BARATARIA, La. — Floating problems in Bayou Barataria make navigating the major waterway in lower Jefferson Parish difficult for boats large and small. “It’s just another hurdle to navigate in an ...