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UP to upgrade stretch of railroad tracks

April 12, 2012 10:35 AM

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) - A stretch of Union Pacific railroad tracks running through Donaldsonville will receive a face-lift later this year which may include clearing away the high grass and weeds growing along railroad rights of way inside city limits. The Advocate reports Paul Miller, senior special agent with Union... more »
Initial Stretch of Bike-Hike Trail Opened

February 25, 2012 11:33 PM

Good news for bikers and hikers in Lafayette, the first segment of the Atakapa -ishak trail opened today. The initial phase is a one-point-two-mile trail connecting Parc Sans Souci in downtown Lafayette with Beaver Park along the Vermilion River. The goal is to continue into St. Martin Parish, near Lake... more »
A Stretch of the Gulf will Reopen to Fishing

August 10, 2010 12:48 PM

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Federal authorities are set to announce that a stretch of the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle will be reopened for commercial and recreational fishing. Large swaths of the Gulf of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have been closed to fishing since the... more »