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Louisiana Updates Mobile App For State Parks
ABC26 NewsThese days, it seems you're only as good as your app. So the Louisiana Office of State Parks updated its app to include games and interactive GPS functions. The GPS function allows you to keep track of the location's of your friends and family. The state...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks
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Grand Isle Beach Open This Memorial Day, A Year After BP Oil Spill
WGNO NewsOne year ago, Grand Isle Beaches were closed because of the BP oil spill. This Memorial Day, a key section of The Grand Isle State Park is now open for the first time since the spill. It's shaping up to be a very memorable, Memorial Day for Megan...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Environmental Issues, Water Pollution, Lifestyle and Leisure, Emergency Incidents
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1,900 Bills Await La. Lawmakers as Session Begins
ABC26 NewsMore than 1,900 bills await lawmakers as the Louisiana Legislature begins its annual regular session Monday. Among them are measures that would: -Fund state government agencies and services in the new budget year that begins July 1. (House Bill 1)...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Society, Schools, Corporate Crime
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Bogue Chitto State Park To Reopen In May
ABC26 NewsRoad work has delayed the opening of Bogue Chitto State Park until May. The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism says road work for the park has gone slower than anticipated and now the park is slated to open in mid to late May....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Transportation, Road Transportation, Travel, Washington (U.S. state)
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Public Asked to Help Monitor Boom
ABC26 NewsSpill responders are asking today for the public's help in monitoring boom along the Gulf Coast. Boaters are requested to report sightings of broken, disconnected, or adrift boom; and encouraged to keep their distance from boom especially at night and...Tags: Mobile, U.S. Coast Guard, Feet
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Lt. Gov. Landrieu Announces State Park Swimming Pools Opening for Memorial Day Weekend
Staff reporterBATON ROUGE,LA -- Lt. Governor Landrieu announced that the office of State Parks will open swimming pools for the Memorial Day Weekend and the summer season on Saturday, May 23. Pools will remain open through Monday, May 25, for the holiday then close...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Holidays, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Executive Branch
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Post-Katrina, Post-Gustav, Fort Pike reopens
Staff reporterFort Pike, shut down by hurricane damage for most of the past four years, reopened Friday. The fort's construction began in 1819 in the eastern outskirts of New Orleans as the first of a system of seacoast forts started by President James Monroe. For...Tags: Entertainment, James Monroe, John Malkovich, Tourism and Leisure, Florida
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7 Louisiana Beaches Under Bacteria Advisory
Staff reporterState health officials are lifting swim advisories for some - but not all - Louisiana beaches. Advisories are being lifted for Constance, Gulf Breeze, Little Florida and Long beaches in Cameron Parish; the Fontainebleau State Park beach in St. Tammany...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Florida, Louisiana, Travel, Gardens and Parks
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Mandeville Seafood Festival
Staff reporterRegistration for the Miss Mandeville Seafood Festival and The Mandeville Idol Contest is available online. Tickets and Posters are also available online. FireCracker Fun Run: 1 Mile Fun Run and 5K Run/Walk Benefiting KidSense & Other Local Charities...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Festive Events, Louisiana, Foods and Beverages, Seafood
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Bear on Moose Kill Closes McHugh Wayside Facility
Channel 2 NewsThe McHugh Creek wayside facility was closed Friday due to a bear danger, according to Chugach State Park. Park officials said the wayside was closed because two bears had been reported in the area guarding a moose kill. The moose carcass is said to be...Tags: Facebook, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Broward, Palm Beach County beaches not nationally acclaimed –again
For yet another year, beaches in Broward and Palm Beach counties have failed to make the Top 10 list published by the South Florida professor known as Dr. Beach. The latest ranking, issued Friday, proclaimed Coronado Beach, across the bay from San Diego,...Tags: Hatteras, Tourism and Leisure, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Palm Beach County, Nicki Grossman
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Memorial Day weekend: California tops new ranking of U.S. beaches
Sorry, Florida! But this Memorial Day, your beach expert says that the best sand and surf can be found clear across the country -- in California. Tiny Coronado Beach, a 1.5-mile long sliver of sunshine in San Diego County, has been named the No. 1...
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