Miss. River partly reopens at Baton Rouge, La.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some barges were allowed to pass Monday through a stretch of the Mississippi River that had been closed since three of the vessels sank late last week amid high water and fast currents.
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La. hotel shuttered since Katrina plans reopening
The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina, plans to reopen on Oct. 19. The hotel became a symbol of the wind destruction and flooding that hit New Orleans in August 2005.
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Building begins on New Orleans mega hospital
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, third left, participates in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $1.2 billion hospital complex that in part replaces Charity Hospital, which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina and has been closed since, in New Orleans, Monday, April 18, 2011. Left to right are Larry H. Hollier has served as Chancellor of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, State Sen. Edwin R …
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Some SE La. waters reopened for fishing
NEW ORLEANS Louisiana officials have reopened to commercial fishing a portion of state waters that had been closed because of the BP oil spill.
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Commercial fishing reopens in SE La.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana officials have reopened to commercial fishing a portion of state waters that had been closed because of the BP oil spill.
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Federal Panel Awards Almost $500 Million To La. To Replace New Orleans Charity Hospital (Medical News Today)
The New York Times: “Ending one of the longest-running disputes left by Hurricane Katrina, a federal arbitration panel ruled Wednesday that Louisiana would receive $474.8 million – nearly all it had requested – to pay for the replacement of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, which has been closed since the storm. The ruling is a significant victory for state and city officials, and gives a major …
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Federal panel awards almost $500 million to La. to replace New Orleans Charity Hospital (News-Medical-Net)
Ending one of the longest-running disputes left by Hurricane Katrina, a federal arbitration panel ruled Wednesday that Louisiana would receive $474.8 million — nearly all it had requested — to pay for the replacement of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, which has been closed since the storm.
New Orleans wins $474M to rebuild hospital (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ending one of the longest-running disputes left by Hurricane Katrina, a federal arbitration panel ruled Wednesday that Louisiana would receive $474.8 million — nearly all it had requested — to pay for replacement of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, which has been closed since the storm.
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St. John clears barrier to return of Reserve-Edgard ferry
News – Impact – Times-Picayune – NOLA.com — Sat Nov 28 12:00:00 UTC 2009 Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune archiveThe Edgard-to-Reserve ferry has been closed for more than two years. It was photographed in 2006.After a year of haggling over the rights to a stretch of batture along the Mississippi River in Edgard, St. John the… about: 210215 503333 Breaking News Mississippi River The Times-Picayune Traffic at: The Times-Picayune
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