NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Guy Coates, a former Associated Press correspondent who covered Gulf Coast hurricanes and civil rights, dodged gunfire during a New Orleans sniper's shooting spree and chronicled the tumult of politics in his native Louisiana for four decades, died late Tuesday. He was 80.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new district attorney in New Orleans, Jason Williams, said he was unaware that a star performer at his inauguration ceremony had criminal cases pending.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member took the oath of office as the city’s new district attorney Monday, facing a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform advocates who rallied around him — despite his indictment on federal tax charges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As a slow distribution of the coronavirus vaccine rolls out across Louisiana, hospital leaders warned Wednesday that they are running dangerously short of beds because of the influx of COVID-19 patients, a situation only expected to worsen after the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As a slow distribution of the coronavirus vaccine rolls out across Louisiana, hospital leaders warned Wednesday that they are running dangerously short of beds because of the influx of COVID-19 patients, a situation only expected to worsen after the holidays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics — a move supported by opponents of legal abortion, but opposed by advocates who said it affects a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond is leaving the House after 10 years for a role as a White House advisor when President-elect Joe Biden takes office -- a role he said will help him help his native New Orleans, the state of Louisiana and other Southern states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards marked a sharp increase in the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the state Friday with a renewed call for residents to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines to avoid dangerous spikes in cases plaguing other states.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning New Orleans trumpet player Irvin Mayfield and his musical partner, pianist Ronald Markham, each pleaded guilty Tuesday to a conspiracy to commit fraud charge stemming from their time with a charitable foundation that raised money for libraries.
