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Posted Oct 2, 2021
WHEREAS, pursuant to La. R.S. 29:727, the President of the Bossier Parish Police Jury has hereby declared a State of Emergency due to the statewide public health emergency issued by Governor John Bel Edwards, with the most recent being Proclamation Number 181 JBE 2021 issued on September 28, 2021, supplementing the declaration of emergency in Proclamation Number 101 JBE 2020, and the mitigation measures therein; Therefore, Proclamation Number 181 JBE 2021 shall remain in full force and effect until it expires on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, unless extended, in response to the threat posed by COVID-19.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Bossier Parish has money to spend that hopefully will encourage broadband providers to increase coverage in areas of the parish that have poor service or none at all, but residents hold the key to identifying areas most in need.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Construction on a new entrance to Barksdale Air Force Base from the I-220/I-20 interchange is moving ahead, with an expected completion date later this year. Following construction, painting and sandblasting reportedly will continue into early 2022.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Several members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury attended a Region IV meeting of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana (PJAL) held in Ruston Tuesday at the Lincoln Parish Library event center.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury continue to push south from Crouch Rd. with clearing and grubbing for the Swan Lake Rd. extension, a thoroughfare that will become the parish’s north/south connection between LA Hwy. 162 and I-220.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Work has begun on a second group of asphalt roads damaged during floods of 2015 and 2016. Eleven roads in south Bossier Parish are scheduled for repair and reconstruction in Task Order 2.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Louisiana Tech University students are developing innovative solutions to challenges in Air Force Global Strike Command thanks to the Global Strike National Security Fellowship Program.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Primary elections in Louisiana are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13, but other dates in this year’s cycle are important.
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Posted Sep 24, 2021
Hardly a meeting of the Bossier Parish Police Jury is conducted without a number of requests for approval of plans for developments, both residential and commercial, and there seems to be no end in sight.
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Posted Sep 24, 2021
Fifteen contractors are apparent low bidders on 16 state-wide projects let on Sept. 22 totaling $101.5 million, and one of those projects is scheduled for Bossier Parish.
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Posted Sep 23, 2021
Bids have been received and are currently under review for a new 39,000-plus square foot central library complex planned for construction at the corner of Beckett St. and City Hall Dr.
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Posted Sep 23, 2021
Ramp and lane closures at the I-20/I-220 interchange in Bossier Parish have been rescheduled, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).
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Posted Sep 23, 2021
Households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic could find assistance under the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a temporary relief program administered by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Posted Sep 21, 2021
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department and public utility crews are busy this week working on a number of infrastructure projects.
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Posted Sep 21, 2021
The Bossier Parish Police Jury is looking for employees to fill openings in its highway department.
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Posted Sep 21, 2021
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Posted Sep 20, 2021
Clearing has begun on an extension of the Arthur Ray Teague multi-use trail, a project that will take the trail from its current terminus at the Caroline lake boat launch on the Red River Wildlife Refuge south to Parkway High School.
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Posted Sep 16, 2021
A whitetail deer workshop, “Improving Your Deer Herd Quality,” is scheduled Friday, Oct. 8 at the History Center of the Bossier Parish Library in Bossier City.
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Posted Sep 16, 2021
Work is scheduled to begin next week on another group of parish asphalt roads as part of reconstruction and repair of damages caused by floods during 2015 and 2016.
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Posted Sep 14, 2021
Forecasters with the National Weather Service (NWS) Hurricane Center have declared tropical system Nicholas a tropical storm and is expected to become a depression early Wednesday morning moving south of our region.