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STRONGEST IN THE USA
BY GEORGE SWIFT, PRESIDENT/CEO, SWLA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE As 2014 nears its end, Southwest Louisiana leads the nation in announced industrial projects, with over $86 billion. Not only is this a powerful endorsement
Read More »INSIDE THE BOOM’S BIG NUMBERS
By Brad Goins Sasol is likely to be the biggest investor in this big upcoming boom you’ve been hearing about and will keep hearing about. The company will put up to $21 billion
Read More »INFORMATION CENTRAL
If Information Is Power, The New Regional Impact Study Will Make Local Planners Supermen By Brad Goins On Nov. 7, Southwest Louisiana was introduced to the Regional Impact Study. The study
Read More »PROVIDING HELP FOR THE LOCAL D.A.V. OFFICE
After Veteran’s Day comes and goes, it’s easy to forget about American veterans and their year-round struggles as we get caught up in our own lives. Americans celebrate Veterans Day nationally once a year.
Read More »THE LUCKIEST GUY
After C.J. Ardoin Was Badly Injured In A Horrific Motorcycle Crash, His Wife Kim Was Told To Prepare For The Worst. They Couldn’t Imagine How Well The Story Would End By Brad Goins Halfway
Read More »THE ULTIMATE ROADKILL RECIPE
By Mike Louviere By late November, many deer hunters have already invested hundreds of dollars on the hunting rights on a parcel of land that they will refer to as “the deer camp.” The
Read More »Recognizing Artists In SWLA
Longtime Friends Denver Kaufman And Fred Stark Receive Mayor’s Art Awards By Angie Kay Dilmore Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach, in conjunction with the Arts and Humanities Council of SWLA, recently presented his annual
Read More »The Priest Who Told Patton To Shut Up And Other Interesting, Surprising, Wondrous And Bizarre Stories And Facts From DeRidder
The Biggest Pine — Ever! (Maybe) When timber men first came to the DeRidder area in large numbers in the 1890s, they claimed that a pine tree they’d located in the DeRidder area was the world’s
Read More »‘I’m Gonna Keep On Truckin’
72-Year-Old DeRidder Businesswoman, Community Activist Isn’t Letting Age Slow Her Down Talk to Anna Wiggins for any length of time, and you realize she doesn’t do things halfway. She’s definitely not a “going through the
Read More »CELEBRITY SCARECROW
Westlake Family’s Decorated Scarecrow Has Become Local Fixture After about 10 years of planting, tending and harvesting a garden that seemed to grow larger each year, Westlake residents Robert and Sue Moss decided to
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