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Freezes are common in Lafayette. Why don’t we prepare like it?
January’s hard freeze caught Lafayette off guard. But experts say we shouldn’t be surprised because hard freezes are a regular part of life here.
January’s hard freeze caught Lafayette off guard. But experts say we shouldn’t be surprised because hard freezes are a regular part of life here.
The Current and United Way of Acadiana are gathering the nation’s mid-sized communities in Lafayette, April 23-24.
Louisiana has been building up a statewide system of mental health crisis response services. Now, the state is starting to roll out a similar program for children and adolescents.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will take their first look at Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s plan to shake up top brass at City-Parish Hall.
Local artist and muralist Hannah Gumbo’s art has become a fixture in Lafayette, embodying the colorful and lively spirit of Acadiana through her bold and bright designs. Her latest installation at the Lafayette Visitor Center combines sustainability with hospitality.
Members of the nonprofit LaAID open their hearts, and literally their homes, to people others may view as complete strangers.
Where her predecessor and erstwhile opponent made a splash within days of taking office, Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is entering with a calculated ripple.
I look around at those of us in the generation that followed Geraldine Hubbell, and I have not yet found anyone with her talent, her generous spirit or dynamic drive who can ever replace her in our cultural scene.
With more women aware of the potential health risks and preferring a natural style, stylists say the ban offers too little and comes too late.
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