The slow road to getting vaccinated after back-to-back hurricanes
A state program aims to make COVID-19 vaccinations accessible to residents of southwest Louisiana, where vaccine rates are low and people are displaced.
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Lake Charles
Evictions, homelessness surge in southwest Louisiana after hurricanes
Catastrophes collided on Lake Charles in 2020 and scattered an already fragile housing market to the wind. Homelessness is climbing despite stays on evictions in what should be a cautionary tale for the rest of the state.
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Seeking refuge and renewal, venerable Lake Charles restaurants set up shop in Lafayette
Either divine guidance or cosmic providence sent Luna Bar & Grill and Mama Reta’s to set up shop in Lafayette after one natural disaster and in the middle of another.
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Proof of concept: New bakeries rise in Lake Charles after hurricanes Laura and Delta
Despite recent devastation to the regional dining scene, two emerging new bakeries are bringing fresh alternatives to where Lake Charles gets its bread.
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After hurricanes, it’s harder than ever for Lake Charles’ Black residents to cast a ballot
A series of natural disasters — the pandemic and two hurricanes — could suppress Black voters in Southwest Louisiana.
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Lafayette through the eyes of Lake Charles
Some who fled Hurricane Laura are planting roots in Lafayette for the long haul. Some are building new businesses. They all have something to say about the traffic.
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Louisiana production crews, left gigless by the pandemic, are rebuilding hurricane-ravaged Lake Charles
Stage hands have been among the obscured economic casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several local crews are now finding a home in helping with the logistics of rebuilding disaster-stricken Lake Charles.
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