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Fueling the recovery

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It’s 6:30 a.m. The sun is just beginning to throw a pale pink streak across the horizon. But already dozens of Styrofoam take-out boxes loaded with cheese grits, toast and other breakfast foods sit on long folding tables, ready for grab-and-go.

Feeling need to help feed, Rolling Hills group heads south

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In the midst of helping locally with recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Laura, a disaster relief group from Rolling Hills Ministries headed to Lake Charles Thursday to help the region hardest hit by the Category 4 storm.

Taking out the trash

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As cleanup following Hurricane Laura continues, the Lincoln Parish Landfill has seen an influx of residents dropping off debris and yard waste.

Schools reopen one week after hurricane

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Most schools across the parish reopened today, one week after Hurricane Laura blew through Lincoln Parish as a Category 1 storm.

Parish added to disaster assistance list

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Lincoln Parish has been added to the list of parishes approved by FEMA to apply for public assistance and individual assistance reimbursements as a result of Hurricane Laura.

Food, transportation issues keep schools closed

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Lincoln Parish public schools stayed closed today as the district continues to deal with loss of food and blocked bus routes in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura last week.

Impact of hurricane on COVID-19 still out

Gov. John Bel Edwards said it’s too soon to know whether the impact of Hurricane Laura will force Louisiana to remain in Phase Two of economic recovery when the current order ends Sept. 11.

‘It could have been worse’

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Ruston resident Ernie Stevens considers himself blessed. Never mind his dining room table was somewhere under wet, crumpled pieces of broken sheetrock, and his neighborhood was a mess.

Lincoln Parish schools remain closed to await food, clean

Lincoln Parish schools remained closed today in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Superintendent Mike Milstead said receiving enough food to provide meals for students, cleaning out school facilities and food storage, and restoring power to all campuses are the main things that must happen before classes can resume.

Recovery continues after Cat. 1 Laura rips Lincoln

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More than 10,000 Lincoln Parish residents received free ice, bottled water, tarps and self- contained meals-ready-to-eat during four days of distribution in the wake of Hurricane Laura.