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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The company publishing daily newspapers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge announced Monday that it is launching a digital news service in northwest Louisiana, bringing some media competition to the region.

The right real estate agent makes all the difference.

For WWOZ, the awards and accolades have been wonderful and inspire us to get better and better. Here are some of the latest.

Beyond the confines of a beloved annual event, the future of live music in New Orleans remains unsettled.

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) announced ten Louisiana-based filmmakers that have been selected to take part in the 2022

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has sworn in Capt. Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its Harbor Police Department (HPD). In doing so, Montroll became the department’s first woman and first African American woman chief. Montroll succeeds Chief Robert Hecker, who retired after leading HPD for more than 26 years.

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has named Assistant Chief Melanie Montroll as Chief of its Harbor Police Department (HPD)…

For Sonny Lee, success isn’t just a goal, it’s a mission. It has to be when you start a nonprofit organization from the ground up and celebrate its 10th

This week, FEMA began rolling out "Risk Rating 2.0"- a bureaucratic scrim for higher flood insurance premiums. Like most buzzwords, Risk Rating 2.0 hides an awful truth: FEMA, at the direction of Congress, has taken virtually all of the subsidies out of subsidized flood insurance. Like all seasoned bureaucrats, FEMA touted the 2.0 rollout in benign, almost glowing...

March 1, 2021 By Frank McCormack Global Maritime Ministries (GMM), a New Orleans-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who call on ports in southeast Louisiana, along with the region’s broader maritime community, typically presents a pair of awards to local maritime leaders during its annual gala event. With ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19, though, Global Maritime Ministries Executive Director Philip V...