Congressman Garret Graves is urging the federal government to use some of its strategic petroleum reserve and to suspend certain regulations on refiners in hopes of relieving fuel shortages in Louisiana and other areas affected by Hurricane Ida. 

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has been holding daily briefings with relief organizations to...

Drivers in Louisiana and Mississippi searching for gas stations that still have fuel can download the GasBuddy app to find crowdsourced outage information. 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today announced the activation of the parish’s emergency debris removal...

Red Stick Social, inside the restored Electric Depot on Government Street, plans to open...

Homeowners and renters affected by Hurricane Ida who live in parishes that have been designated for Individual Assistance could be eligible for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

Hotels in downtown Baton Rouge did not lose power during Hurricane Ida, allowing them to comfortably host packed houses of evacuees, first responders and their own staff. 

Ida strengthened into a hurricane this afternoon and is expected to make landfall in...

Capital Region residents are making their final preparations as Tropical Storm Ida appears headed straight for Louisiana.

Though the downtown fall events season is looking pretty bleak right now thanks to pandemic-related cancellations and postponements, businesses are holding out hope that the COVID-19 threat will dissipate enough by late October to make holding large events feasible again, says Gabriel Vicknair, interim executive director of the Downtown Development District.