All of the maps that move the Lower 9th Ward to District C also move a sliver of New Orleans East along the Downman Road corridor from District D to District E.

Earlier this week at an in-person forum, three out of four “final” drafts that were released contained a dramatic change to the Lower 9th Ward, separating it from New Orleans East in District ...

NEW ORLEANS — More than 7,000 customers are without power in New Orleans Thursday afternoon, according to Entergy's power outage map. Entergy alerted customers of the outage around 2:09 p.m.

Buckley said that FEMA's New Orleans maps were based on assurances from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the flood control system would stand up in a "100-year flood" -- that is, a flood so ...

NEW ORLEANS — Power has been restored to the nearly 800 customers who were without power in the Lower 9th Ward, according to the Entergy outage map.

Actor Brad Pitt with Lower 9th Ward climate leader Pam Dashiell during a news conference in New Orleans on Aug. 31, 2006. The late Dashiell co-founded CSED with Allen in the aftermath of Hurricane ...