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President Biden approves Gov. Edwards’ request for Federal Emergency Declaration due to impact of historic winter storms

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 10:20am

BATON ROUGE — President Joseph R. Biden has approved Governor John Bel Edwards’ request for a federal emergency declaration for all 64 Louisiana parishes impacted by the severe and historic winter weather. Specifically, FEMA will provide emergency protective measures (Category B) for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance from federal agencies.

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Good Real Estate Year

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 9:32am

For the second year in a row, the real estate business in Vermilion Parish is strong, based on the Realtors Association of Acadiana Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data.
James Noel Jr. of Sunrise Realty, LLC in Abbeville provided the Abbeville Meridional with numbers of 2019 and 2020 real estate market in Vermilion Parish.
The sale of single-family detached dwellings (not counting mobile homes) stayed about the same from 2019.
According to MLS, 359 homes were sold in Vermilion Parish in 2019. In 2020, there were 354, which is five less than a year ago.

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John Andrus

Andrus inducted into state 4-H Hall of Fame

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 9:27am

John Andrus has served the Vermilion Parish 4-H Program for 29 years as a dedicated volunteer.
John serves on the Parish 4-H Advisory Committee and on the Livestock Committee. He is a Master Cattleman Graduate; Master Horseman Graduate; and Master Farmer Graduate. In the early 90’s, John was instrumental in working with Dr. John Sullivan and staff at LSU in implementing the first commercial heifer program and later implemented the F-1 Braford classes into the LSU livestock program.

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LDH: While not ideal, short delay in getting second COVID vaccine dose is fine

Thu, 02/18/2021 - 3:32pm

BATON ROUGE — Residents who miss their second COVID vaccine dose appointments this week can safely delay the second dose days or weeks if need be.
The CDC has said it expects this week’s severe winter weather to cause widespread delays in vaccine shipments. Louisiana is one such state feeling the impact – both first and second vaccine deliveries to the state have been delayed. Unfortunately, that means vaccine appointments and events scheduled for this week will need to be adjusted based on delivery.

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