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Report: More details on the deal that brought SpaceX to Louisiana
(KLFY) — More details have emerged in the potentially transformative $100 billion deal to bring a SpaceX launch site to Vermilion Parish. According to a report in The Current, The State of Louisiana offered SpaceX a $24 billion tax exemption, the largest in the state’s history. In exchange, SpaceX promised to create 3,000 high-paying jobs, with stated incremental goals and prescribed penalties for not meeting them.
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Cattle Festival approaches as local ranchers face rising costs, drought
ABBEVILLE, La. (Acadiana News First) - Cattle Festival is just days away, but local ranchers say this season has brought plenty of challenges, from rising operating costs to drought conditions. Raymond Fontenot, a rancher with Crescent Bar F LLC, said the cost of raising cattle continues to increase while prices...
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45th annual Stearman and Taildragger Fly-In returns to Jennings Airport this weekend
JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - The 45th annual Stearman and Taildragger Fly-In is taking place this weekend at Jennings Airport, bringing vintage aircraft, pilots and aviation enthusiasts together for a day of history and competition. The event has been a Jennings tradition for more than four decades. Pilots will fly in...
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Port Arthur’s El Refu 4 cleared to reopen after Golden Pass LNG incident
What did the Port Arthur Health Department find as the cause of the food poisoning?. Where was the employee appreciation breakfast held that led to the outbreak?. Why was El Refu 4 cleared to reopen by the health department?. El Refu 4 in Port Arthur has been cleared by the...
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SpaceX faces mixed reaction at Vermilion Parish community meeting
ABBEVILLE, La. (Acadiana News First) - SpaceX representatives held their first public meeting with Vermilion Parish residents about a proposed spaceport project, drawing a packed crowd of supporters and critics to Magdalen Place in Abbeville. Company officials described the town hall on Thursday, Sept. 24, as a chance for local...
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Union leaders raise safety concerns over planned Citgo workforce consolidation in Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Local union leaders say they are concerned about upcoming changes at the Citgo refinery in Lake Charles, as they say the company moves forward with a planned workforce consolidation. Todd Montie, business manager for the Local 407 chapter of the Union of Operating Engineers, says...
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Space X: Realtor discusses new interest in Vermilion Parish area property
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Realtors in Acadiana are seeing increased interest in property near the newly announced SpaceX Starbase in Vermilion Parish. It’s been nearly a month since the $100 billion dollar project was announced, and Richie Guillory, a real estate agent, is tracking the trends when it comes to this new-world real estate market.
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T-Boy’s is Heading to Crowley
Folklorist Barry Ancelet famously shut down the ongoing “Great Debate” about which of Acadiana’s many meat markets serves the best boudin when he uttered the truism: “The best boudin is always the boudin closest to where you live.” For most of my life, T-Boy’s Slaughterhouse in Mamou met this standard, and it has since remained the link I go to bat for, no matter where else I’ve lived. But if the fact that T-Boy’s is one of the last places that still uses liver, or that the pork is purchased live and processed in-house, doesn’t land the shop on the top of your list yet—perhaps its new proximity to I-10 will.