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New Orleans homeowner has little concern about power outages thanks to his ‘solar addiction’
Since that storm, Newman has invested more than $40,000 to make his home energy-independent. Newman estimates he’s about 90 ...
New poll shows Orleans Parish voters hold dim view of Sheriff Susan Hutson
Most New Orleans voters do not approve of the job Hutson is doing, according to a recently released poll by JMC Analytics and ...
Football, Fútbol, Food: Texas Longhorns hold top spot in college football preseason rankings
A year later, the “Latics” are back in league football, English League 2. In front of over 50,000 fans, Oldham Athletic beat ...
First tropical disturbance of 2025 season identified along Atlantic coast
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On just the second day of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has ...
NHC eyes area of potential development on second day of hurricane season
Second day of the hurricane season and there is a low chance of development off the Carolina coast. As far as the rest of the ...
Hurricane Center eyes an area on the 2nd day of hurricane season
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hurricane Center eyes an area on this 2nd day of hurricane season. It is located off the Carolina coast ...
Managing hurricane information overload
In 1893, a hurricane wiped the community of Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana, off the face of the Earth. Half the town’s population of 1,400 people died. Seven years later, a storm slammed into Galveston, ...
Louisiana set to spend at least $7 million to bring Saudi-owned LIV Golf to New Orleans
BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator) – The Louisiana Legislature looks likely to spend at least $7 million of the ...
How hurricane forecasting has evolved since Katrina
Advances in forecast models, satellite data, and radar technology have transformed hurricane predictions since 2005.
The wall that defends New Orleans: What’s changed since Katrina and what still needs work
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...
Utility customer advocates urge better transmission lines to avert outages; New Orleans council to hear from MISO on Tuesday
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In front of a virtual audience, the Alliance for Affordable Energy on Monday (June 2) recapped all it knew about when the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) ordered ...
‘I was let out;’ Escaped inmate Antoine Massey posts video to Instagram as manhunt enters third week
Antoine Massey, who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16 along with nine other inmates, appears in videos uploaded to the account “@_007chucky.” The videos, widely circulated on social ...