Regional News & Announcements
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Koppers to Invest $17 Million to Establish New Manufacturing Facility in Vernon Parish
Press Release
8.24.23
Koppers to Invest $17 Million to Establish New Manufacturing Facility in Vernon Parish
Press Release
8.24.23
SunGas Renewables Chooses Rapides Parish for Proposed $1.8 Billion Clean Fuel Facility
Press Release
7.26.23
SunGas Renewables Chooses Rapides Parish for Proposed $1.8 Billion Clean Fuel Facility
Press Release
7.26.23
Great Southern Wood Announces $5.9 Million Expansion of Mansura Lumber Facility
Press Release
12.22.22
Great Southern Wood Announces $5.9 Million Expansion of Mansura Lumber Facility
Press Release
12.22.22
Great Southern Wood Preserving Announces $22.5 Million Expansion of Avoyelles Parish Lumber Facility
Press Release
4.19.22
Great Southern Wood Preserving Announces $22.5 Million Expansion of Avoyelles Parish Lumber Facility
Press Release
4.19.22
Gov. Edwards, CLECO Announce $900 Million Emissions Reduction Project at Central Louisiana Power Facility
Press Release
4.11.22
Gov. Edwards, CLECO Announce $900 Million Emissions Reduction Project at Central Louisiana Power Facility
Press Release
4.11.22
Louisiana Enters EV Battery Market with $176M Manufacturing Project in Vidalia
Press Release
2.15.22
Louisiana Enters EV Battery Market with $176M Manufacturing Project in Vidalia
Press Release
2.15.22
Podcast: 'Minding the Forest' host Jeff Zeringue interviews Hunt Forest Products and LaSalle Lumber President and CEO Richie LeBlanc
Media Coverage
10.20.21
Podcast: 'Minding the Forest' host Jeff Zeringue interviews Hunt Forest Products and LaSalle Lumber President and CEO Richie LeBlanc
Media Coverage
10.20.21