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Posted Sep 3, 2022
Bossier Parish is on the receiving end of a $700,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Land Water Conservation Fund to improve and increase facilities at Parish Camp, located on the southern end of Lake Bistineau off Fairview Point Rd.
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Posted Aug 30, 2022
U.S. Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy pointed to the accomplishments and future plans of the Cyber Innovation Center during a Tuesday morning meet-and-greet at the Bossier City facility.
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Posted Aug 29, 2022
Louisiana Floodplain Management Association is holding its first annual Louisiana Flood Awareness Week August 29 to September 2.
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Posted Aug 29, 2022
What do gumbo, outdoor dining, and keeping our community clean all have in common? It’s all part of the inaugural “Dinner Under the Stars” event that will allow diners to savor A Taste of the East Bank. Most importantly, all will be supporting the vitally important mission of Keep Bossier Beautiful.
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Posted Aug 24, 2022
Anyone who has suffered flood damage to a property in which they live as a result of the recent heavy rains may self-report that damage to a state reporting site, according to Ian Snellgrove, director of the Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
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Posted Aug 21, 2022
Another group of parish asphalt roads that required major overhauls following flood water damage in 2015 and 2016 has been completed.
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Posted Aug 12, 2022
Lake Bistineau water levels are beginning to show the effect of a drawdown scheduled by the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) which began in late July, but boating enthusiasts and sportsmen can still access the lake for recreation, hunting and fishing.
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Posted Aug 11, 2022
A parish-wide burn ban which was implemented July 14 has been lifted, effective immediately, according to an announcement by the fire chiefs in Bossier Parish.
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Posted Aug 11, 2022
Maintenance projects on Bossier Parish roads is more than adding either a new surface of asphalt or replacing damaged areas on the roadways.
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Posted Aug 11, 2022
A free Fall Wildlife Food Plot workshop will be offered on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center in Bossier City to provide information on how to improve wildlife habitat by establishing or improving wildlife food plots.
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Posted Aug 9, 2022
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are moving ahead with maintenance on parish roads, including repair and overlay projects throughout the parish.
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Posted Aug 5, 2022
Bodcau Dam Rd. located between Ben Durden Rd. and Duck Dam Rd. has been closed while contractors for the Corp of Engineers make repairs to washouts on the levee section of the roadway.
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Posted Aug 5, 2022
Steel beams are going up on the new $10 million, 39,000-plus square foot Bossier Parish Library System central branch location and expanded history center at the corner of Beckett St. and City Hall Dr.
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Posted Aug 4, 2022
Approval of three cooperative endeavor agreements between the state Department of the Treasury, the state of Louisiana and the Bossier Parish Police Jury will mean $400,000 in appropriations for the parish, including one which will provide sewer and water lines to serve a new sawmill in Plain Dealing.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022
An overlay project on a portion of Linton Rd. from Parks Rd. to Linton Cutoff Rd. is currently underway and crews from the Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department are working to complete the job by the weekend.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022
A free Logistics of Logging workshop will be offered on Tuesday, August 9 at the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center in Bossier City to help timber landowners navigate harvesting and marketing their timber.
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Posted Jul 29, 2022
Bossier Parish Library's Summer Experience programming is winding to a close, and two recent programs at the Central Branch featuring animal friends were very popular with younger patrons.
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Posted Jul 26, 2022
It's right at 1,000 miles from his 70-acre farm in Harvard, Illinois to Benton, but it's a trip Gregg Rang has made a half dozen times. And, if he has his way, it will be only the next of many more.
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Posted Jul 26, 2022
Voters in South Bossier Fire District #2 will be asked to go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8 to approve a 3.5-mill tax increase to update their department’s aging equipment, and continue to provide essential emergency services for roughly 7,000 residents.
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Posted Jul 25, 2022
A contingent of Bossier Parish Police Jury members were part of the large group of delegates attending the National Association of Counties (NACo) conference and exhibition in Cade County, Colorado last week.
.jpg?sfvrsn=7cc86a1_5 "Jason Weinland, managing partner of jweinland Group Benefits, administrators of the Bossier Parish Police Jury's employee insurance plans, explains the numbers during a jury committee meeting Wednesday.")
