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New Plaucheville fire station taking shape!
Modern $526,000 facility will add third truck bay and larger training space. Construction is underway on a new home for the Plaucheville Volunteer Fire Department, a project town officials say will provide much-needed space for equipment, training and department operations. The new station is being built at 159 Hwy. 1181,...
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Avoyelles Parish bridge reopens to the public
AVOYELLES PARISH, La. (KALB) - Drivers near Bordelonville can once again cross the Monroe Fabre Bridge after a nearly $1.85 million replacement project was completed. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Sept. 3 that the bridge over Bayou Des Glaises on Big Bend Road had reopened to traffic.
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The Town Talk
CENLA Activism to host open discussion on migrant family facility
PINEVILLE — Central Louisiana residents will have an opportunity Monday to learn more about and discuss the proposed migrant family facility planned for England Airpark near Alexandria. The community meeting, hosted by CENLA Activism, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at Kees Park, 2450 La. Highway 28 East in Pineville. Organizers say the event is open to anyone concerned about the project. The meeting comes as debate continues over the facility approved by the England Economic and Industrial Development District Board. Supporters have described the project as the Alexandria Family Staging Center, while critics argue it is an ICE detention center for women and children. "The England Authority board punched us right in the gut by promising a special meeting to address the child detention center and then cancelling it days prior," said Erin Tracy, organizer of CENLA Activism. At the Aug. 27 meeting of the EEIDD, Commissioners Patrick O'Quin and Joe McPherson announced that a special meeting would be held Sept. 8 to allow the public to voice concerns about the Alexandria Staging Area. According to a news release posted on the district's Facebook page Sept. 3, the meeting was later canceled. In recent months, opponents of
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With SunGas out, economic leaders eye high-tech industries at Beaver Lake site
PINEVILLE, LA. (KALB) - Cenla’s top economic officials say there’s new life for the Beaver Lake site months after SunGas Renewable’s Beaver Lake Biofuels Project fell through. Evidenced by this are documents KALB obtained showing that the site’s land owners recently signed an option granting a Baton Rouge lawyer the exclusive right to purchase the land until December 31, 2027.
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Monroe Fabre Bridge reopens after replacement
The Monroe Fabre Bridge over Bayou Des Glaises has reopened to traffic following the completion of a nearly $1.85 million replacement project. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Sept. 3 that work on the bridge, located on Big Bend Road, had been completed and the roadway reopened. The...
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Citizens 'have no seat at the table' on data centers, says organizer
A conservative group called Humans First is touring the nation to advocate for local control over AI data center construction. The tour stopped in Boyce, Louisiana, to support residents opposing a $3.6 billion Applied Digital data center. Local groups have raised concerns about the power grid's capacity and the potential...
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Louisiana Residents Are Resisting Plans to Build ICE Jail on Contaminated Site
The Alexandria International Airport, which is part of England Airpark in central Louisiana, is currently known as the busiest ICE Air Operations hub for deportations in the United States. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Alexandria Staging Facility, a terminus for people being removed from the U.S., is reviled the world over by abused and deported refugees from Cameroon to Haiti. Even as the town’s tourism office works in overdrive to entice visitors to the area’s natural and cultural attractions — the scenic Red River, lush butterfly gardens, and historic homes such as the one where venerated Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps lived from birth to three years old — violence against immigrants keeps coming.
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Parishwide roundup: Rates, repairs, projects and elections
Local governments and public boards across Avoyelles Parish handled a wide range of business during August, from utility rate increases and bridge repairs to water-system projects, school improvements and upcoming elections. Cottonport. Cottonport residents and businesses will see higher water and sewer rates beginning Oct. 1 after the Town Council...