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Louisiana Town to Vote on Tax for Fire Department Maintenance

Voters in Gonzales, La., will decide on March 28 whether to renew a 10-year, 3.27-mill property tax that was first passed in 1986 to fund the city’s fire department. With two fire stations and an ambulance service that transports residents …

Louisiana Runway Extension to Increase Traffic, Satisfy Insurance Requirements

On any given day, Louisiana Regional Airport just outside the city limits of Gonzales will have an average of 600 takeoffs and landings of small aircraft. The Advocate reports those numbers are likely to increase this summer when the runway …

Investigators to Examine Heat Exchanger at Louisiana Blast Site

State and federal officials investigating the cause of the deadly blast on June 13 at the Williams Companies Inc. plant near Gonzales, La., plan to inspect a key element of the facility that one federal investigator said “failed catastrophically.” Investigators …