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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off during the company’s demo mission in Hawthorne, California. CEO Elon Musk later moved the official headquarters to Starbase, Texas, but Hawthorne remains a research and development and operational hub. And SpaceX continues to launch uncrewed missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc in Santa Barbara County.

SpaceX makes it official, picks Vermilion as spaceport site

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 1:24pm

SpaceX has officially chosen Louisiana for the largest launch facility in its growing spaceflight empire, committing $100 billion to a Vermilion Parish campus that the company says could eventually

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The MV Mississippi at the Port of Morgan City dock was the venue Friday for a Mississippi River Commission public hearing.

Col. Scotty Autin, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, speaks at Friday's public hearing.

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Raymond 'Mac' Wade

Port successes, flood control, 70-30: River Commission comes to MC

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 10:11am

The Mississippi River Commission has spent much of August hearing about the flood control and other needs of people who live in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya watershed.

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Two contractors say they've placed the final structural beam for Saronic's $300 million expansion near Franklin.

Builders mark milestone in Saronic expansion

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 9:59am

JE Dunn Construction and Alberici Constructors Inc. celebrated the topping out – placing the final structural beam – of Saronic Technologies’ $300 million shipyard expansion project in St.