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CROWLEY, LA — Every year during the third week of October, the town of Crowley, Louisiana, stops everything they’re doing to celebrate all things R-I-C-E at the International Rice Festival. The festival starts today and runs through the weekend but a group of local elementary students got a jump on the festivities with a riceRead more

EUNICE, La. – Louisiana State University at Eunice has been awarded more than $846,000 of grant funding through the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities Initiative (WORC) as announced recently.  The LSU Eunice project, Sustaining Future Farms in Louisiana, centers on providing workforce training pathways for new and technologically advanced jobs in the agriculture sector. LSUE isRead more

United Way of Acadiana announced its selection of honorees for the 2021 Women Who Mean Business Awards, presented by Home Bank. Ten women have been selected as finalists out of more than 100 nominations submitted from UWA’s service areas of Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes. The women will be recognized during an in-personRead more

CROWLEY, La. (Aug. 25, 2021) – A unique on-site pharmacy specializing in serving people with mental illness, substance use disorder and other chronic, complex conditions held its grand opening within Crowley Behavioral Health Clinic in Crowley on Wednesday, joined by Acadiana’s senior management team and staff. The new Genoa Healthcare tele-pharmacy, the first of itsRead more

HOUMA- On August 15, Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) will celebrate 38 years of providing advanced cardiovascular care in south Louisiana.  Started by Dr. Craig Walker in Houma in 1983, CIS has grown to have 22 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi, with more than 65 physicians, 1,075 team members, 10 tele-cardiology sites, and managementRead more

The Acadia Parish Chamber is excited to announce the resumption of the 2020 Leadership EXCEL Program. Due to COVID-19, the class adjourned their year in March of 2020. The class resumed their programming on January 24th with an Arts, Culture & Tourism Focus. The day began at the beautiful Grand Opera House of the SouthRead more

Those of us who have lived in the Southern United States understand intimately just how annoying mosquitoes can be. As seasons change heat and rain possibilities increase, so do the pests that drive everyone insane! Here to help with the near-constant mosquito problem that we have in Acadia Parish is Cajun Mosquito Control! This privatelyRead more

2020 has sure thrown a few curveballs – one thing is for sure, we need YOU to fill out the 2020 Census! The census is required by the United States Constitution, which calls for an “actual enumeration” once a decade since 1790. Census data is used to distribute billions of dollars in federal funding. ForRead more

Gov. John Bel Edwards held a news conference today to explain the latest restrictions as the state moves into Phase 3. Edwards announced that Louisiana will move into Phase 3 starting on Friday, September 11, 2020. Bars can reopen in Phase 3. However, they can open only if the parish they are located in opts-inRead more

Shane and Debbie Spallino have been named the 2020 Business Persons of the Year by the Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce. Born and raised in Crowley, Louisiana, Shane attended St. Michael’s, Notre Dame High School and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette studying management. Originally from Albany, Georgia, Debbie graduated from Georgia Southern University inRead more