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An estimated 30,000 residents and businesses in the Capital Region remain without power this afternoon, more than 48 hours after losing electricity during Monday’s ice storm, and patience is starting to wear thin.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Environmental Services aims to open a 27,000-square-foot operations facility on Florida Boulevard. The department wants to renovate and add space for “offices and service shops” at a vacant building that once belonged to an All Star Nissan dealership.

In the wake of a spike in violent crime last year amid the pandemic,...

  Mardi Gras is over. You know what else that means—Lent has arrived. Living in...

Shawn Wilson, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, advocated for an...

Plans for a national firearms retailer to open at the Greens at Millerville will...

As power outages swept through Baton Rouge, many of the city’s hotels have experienced a surge in occupancy.

The huge winter storms plunged the South into an energy crisis this week, crippling...

When real estate broker-turned-tech entrepreneur Barret Blondeau launched a real estate technology platform in...

The pandemic set off a surge in online shopping—and with it an avalanche of...