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  • 2 weeks ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, a brazen escape from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans took place last month.

  • 2 weeks ago | thelensnola.org | Delaney Dryfoos

    The air in Ascension Parish is already saturated with the pungent odor of ammonia, a scent reminiscent of strong cleaning products or even cat urine. The odor emanates from the world’s largest ammonia plant, CF Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex. Of the nation’s counties, Ascension Parish is one of the most polluted. The complex rivals a small city, stretching 1,400 acres along the west bank of the Mississippi River.

  • 3 weeks ago | thelensnola.org | Marta Jewson

    The number of Louisiana kindergarteners reading at or above grade level doubled during the 2024-25 school year, Louisiana Department of Education officials reported Thursday. That data comes from the state’s early literacy screener — a test to measure whether kindergarten through third/grade students are reading at grade level. “We’re extremely thrilled,” said Danny Bosch, the director of advocacy at The Center for Literacy and Learning.

  • 1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Delaney Dryfoos

    Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river’s end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce. For almost 100 years, levees and other human-made flood control structures have lined the banks of the river, obstructing its land-building silt, sand and clay from naturally rebuilding land along coastal Louisiana.

  • 1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, the largest new delta in North America is forming through a naturally occurring sediment diversion on the Mississippi River. Scientists there say the land-building power of the channel can be seen right under their feet.

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