NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Hospitality Foundation's Gold Medal Chefs Week online fundraiser will be Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 and will feature items and packages for purchase, as well as a silent auction. The new event was created in…
NEW ORLEANS - United Way of Southeast Louisiana, the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and Entergy Corporation announced the completion of $2.4 million in Hospitality Cares Pandemic Response Fund crisis grants distributed to more than 4,800 recipients. The fund now begins phase…
METAIRIE, La. - The Jefferson Chamber's virtual LiveWell Jefferson Worksite Wellness Summit, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, will celebrate a culture of health and wellness among the business community and residents of Jefferson Parish. Participants will increase…
NEW ORLEANS -The Art of Birthing will host its fourth annual event beginning Monday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Sept. 27. Dubbed "A Virtually Vibin’ Event to celebrate Black Mothers and Birth Professionals," the annual forum will cover a myriad of…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana will host a virtual version of its annual gala at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3. From the gala website: "In our continuing promise…
BATON ROUGE – Oil and gas companies are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its previous decision that parish lawsuits alleging damage of coastal wetlands should be heard in state court. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based U.S.…
NEW ORLEANS – Operation Restoration, a New Orleans-based nonprofit focused on empowering women impacted by incarceration to successfully reenter the community, recently partnered with the Ladies of Hope Ministries to open Hope House NOLA, a co-living space designed to provide…
NEW ORLEANS - City officials, state leaders, the business community and individuals all worked this week to aid residents of southwest Louisiana who have been affected by Hurricane Laura. Among the efforts: New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan is…
BATON ROUGE – RESOLVE is a new virtual event series from NexusLA aimed at creating action-oriented conversations about equity in entrepreneurship. The series will begin with a kickoff event from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 featuring influential…
NEW ORLEANS - WWNO New Orleans Public Radio announced that Priska Neely has been hired as the first managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, the new collaboration among NPR, WWNO, WRKF Baton Rouge, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and WBHM Birmingham.…
NEW ORLEANS - The Bureau of Governmental Research will present a virtual breakfast briefing about the future of New Orleans policing at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 on Zoom. Featured guests are Kenneth Polite, the former U.S. Attorney of the…
NEW ORLEANS – In response to the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the hospitality industry and its employees as well as the impact of Hurricane Laura, Emeril Lagasse Foundation is replacing its annual Boudin, Bourbon & Beer event…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, a community improvement agency, has received two awards during the 2020 EPA Region 6 Outstanding Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Project Competition. NORA placed first in the professional category and people's…
NEW ORLEANS - Black Education for New Orleans (BE NOLA) has received a transformative grant of $100,000 from Boeing to fund programs that "build the capacity of Black-led efforts to advance educational progress in New Orleans for local students." The…
NEW ORLEANS — United Way of Southeast Louisiana is requesting public donations of basic hygiene supplies and small children’s toys for Hurricane Laura evacuees located in New Orleans. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is reserving area hotels…
NEW ORLEANS - Levees.org will host a 15th anniversary observance of the "worst civil engineering disaster" in US History from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The one-hour virtual expert panel discussion will be moderated by Harry…
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to protect health and the environment because of the coronavirus outbreak, The…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A brightly decorated refrigerator sits on the sidewalk outside of an old white shotgun house in New Orleans’ 7th ward neighborhood. Covered in delicately painted cherubs, doves and alligators, this “community fridge” is stocked with frozen…
NEW ORLEANS – With bars across the state of Louisiana closed due to COVID-19 Phase 2 regulations, the Crescent City Classic has announced a new 75k virtual challenge to give runners, walkers and cyclists the opportunity for virtual stops at…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans thoroughfare named for the former president of the Confederacy will be renamed next year to honor a local civil rights icon and longtime president of a historically Black university, the City Council decided…
NEW ORLEANS - On August 25, the Old Algiers Main Street Corporation will host a town hall-style meeting on Facebook Live to discuss housing issues in the Old Algiers community. Featuring housing expert Rosalind Washington, executive director of the Neighborhood…
NEW ORLEANS - The City of New Orleans Office of Neighborhood Engagement is inviting residents to participate in its Civic Leadership Academy. This is a six-week virtual program that provides residents with an in-depth look at city government. The program…
NEW ORLEANS – The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has revived a decades-old conversation about who gets to use more than 80 acres of prime Uptown real estate that are currently home to the Golf Club at Audubon Park. In March, when…
NEW ORLEANS – According to the World Health Organization, smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 because they may already have lung disease or reduced lung capacity which would greatly increase risk of serious illness. “If infected by…
NEW ORLEANS - Starbucks has donated $83,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana as part of a $1 million investment to support mobile pantry programs for 13 Feeding America network food banks. "Since the onset…
NEW ORLEANS — Hogs for the Cause announced it has launched a peer-to-peer socially driven community fundraising platform that can be used nationwide. The nonprofit said that anyone, anywhere can now support families battling pediatric brain cancer. “Our current fundraising…
NEW ORLEANS — Despite a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, construction of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s third reef made from recycled oyster shells is underway in Barataria Bay. The 800-ton "living shoreline" - which is two-thirds of…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced an effort to assemble a private philanthropic network to stem a potential landslide of evictions. The fund is now accepting tax-deductible donations. To contribute to this campaign, click here. Assistance to tenants is…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Demonstrators rallied at separate events Thursday to demand continued $600 federal coronavirus unemployment benefits and to put an end to evictions, as the economic fallout from the pandemic continued to take a toll on residents. More…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen unions and citizens’ groups say unemployed workers will demonstrate at U.S. senators’ offices in nine Louisiana cities to demand continued $600 federal coronavirus unemployment benefits. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy are among Republicans…
