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BCP is selling its stake in Brown & Root
Bernhard Capital Partners announced that it has agreed to sell its stake in Baton Rouge-based Brown & Root Industrial Services.
KBR Inc., an investor in...
National salon suite franchise opens location in Perkins Rowe
Image Studios, a salon suite franchise, has opened a location in Baton Rouge, its first in Louisiana.
The salon and studio coworking space is located...
78K and counting: How one local architect is using TikTok to boost business
At 71, Baton Rouge architect Kevin Harris has embraced, with great success, an unconventional business tool for professionals of his age: TikTok.
Harris started posting...
City-parish weighs retiree health coverage shift that provides budget relief
City-Parish officials are weighing a shift in employee retiree health coverage for those 65 and older to Blue Cross’ Blue Advantage Medicare plan, a...
A search committee for LSU’s next president to meet later this month
The committee tasked with selecting the next president of the LSU System will hold its first meeting at 9 a.m. on Aug. 19 in...
Mid City’s Tap 65 is under new ownership
Tap 65, a Government Street restaurant known for its Indian cuisine and its bevy of self-serve craft beer taps, has changed hands.
Local restaurateur Sam...
Turner Industries has a new strategic hub in Utah
The Capital Region’s third-largest private company has opened a new operations facility in Salt Lake City.
Turner Industries’ new office will support the turnkey industrial...
LaMont Cole highlights changes within district as new school year approaches
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says the district is entering the new school year with 72 teacher vacancies—down significantly from about 200...
Here’s how the CPB shutdown impacts local public radio
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it will begin shutting down operations, creating a ripple effect that will impact public radio and TV...
Baton Rouge General expands urgent care network with new partnership
Baton Rouge General has partnered with HEALTHremède and will operate its three clinics under the BRG Express Care and Occupational Health brand, expanding the...
Good news from the Gulf: This year’s ‘dead zone’ is smaller than expected
This year’s low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf is smaller than previously expected, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers’ announced on Thursday.
The zone, which...
Baton Rouge JCPenney is among 119 stores being sold in $947M deal
Roughly five years after JCPenney filed for bankruptcy, a Boston private equity firm has agreed to buy 119 JCPenney stores, including Baton Rouge’s Mall...
LSU researchers developed a breakthrough flood forecasting tool
A new flood forecasting tool developed by a team of LSU researchers has the potential to reshape how Louisiana—and perhaps the world—prepares for and...
Great River Industries rebrands with new name as part of growth strategy
Great River Industries is changing its name and rebranding to TankWorx + Construction Services effective immediately, according to its parent company, HBH Holdings Inc.
The...
High expectations: Coach Kelly touts this year’s LSU football roster as his best
LSU head football coach Brian Kelly told a larger-than-usual Rotary Club of Baton Rouge audience Wednesday that the Tigers will take the field this...
New name, bigger mission: Here’s how BRAC is reinventing itself
As part of a broad strategic shift, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber is dropping the word “chamber” from its name and leaning more heavily...
How one downtown bar owner is leveraging data and AI to boost business
David Facey, the entrepreneur behind the downtown nightclub Violet and the speakeasy-style Second Story that sits above it, is bringing a Silicon Valley mindset...
This Zachary shopping center just sold for $2.9M
The Main Street Plaza Shopping Center property in Zachary has changed hands.
Georgia company Randolph Property Group Main St Baton Rouge LLC bought the property...
Newtron Group founder Newton Thomas dies
Newton Thomas, who founded The Newtron Group, a $1 billion Baton Rouge-based industrial construction contractor, died Saturday at the age of 81.
Thomas began his...
Feds: LSU arena finalist secretly made millions in ‘incentives’ steering its clients to Ticketmaster
A signed non-prosecution agreement in the indictment involving the top contender for the LSU arena project indicates the company pocketed millions of dollars to...
