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$6.6 million separates two proposed sites — and the clock is ticking PORT ALLEN — The city's search for a new sewer treatment plant came down to two properties and one question Monday night: Is saving $6.6 million worth building closer to a neighborhood? Mayor Terecita Pattan hosted
May 06, 2026
By John Summers | WBR Independent | April 30, 2026 PORT ALLEN — West Baton Rouge Parish residents will have a say on whether to keep funding their local public health unit after the Parish Council voted Thursday to call a special election on a property tax renewal — one of several action items
April 30, 2026
By John Summers | WBR Independent April 26, 2026 PORT ALLEN — When disaster strikes in West Baton Rouge Parish, the American Red Cross has no one here to respond. That was the message Burk Hughes, disaster programs manager for the Red Cross capital area, delivered to the Port Allen Neighborhood Watch
April 28, 2026
The board voted to close a civil service appeal that raised questions about who had the legal authority to fire him. The West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to approve a $77,500 settlement with former Deputy Fire Chief James Hartley Jr.
April 27, 2026
Council approves contract to modernize outdated policy manual; sewer project goes back out for bids PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen City Council voted unanimously April 8 to modernize the police department's policy manual for the first time since 2001, approving a contract with Lexipol, a company that provides
April 22, 2026
By John Summers | April 21, 2026 PORT ALLEN — The city is working on a written policy to govern how it handles past-due water and gas accounts, after its outside auditor flagged the lack of one as a material weakness in the most recent annual audit. The finding, from Ericksen Krentel
April 21, 2026
By John Summers | April 15, 2026 PORT ALLEN — The West Baton Rouge Parish Council approved two previously introduced ordinances at its April 9 meeting, making official a 15 percent sewer rate increase and a land purchase near the parish jail funded through the Jail Fund budget. The council also heard
April 15, 2026
Port Allen Rejects All Bids on Sewer Project — Every Bid Came in Over Budget Six contractors submitted bids; lowest still exceeded project estimate by $463,000 PORT ALLEN — The city of Port Allen will return to the bidding process on a federally funded sewer improvement project after all six bids
April 07, 2026
Council also grants variance for Jefferson Street carport; new utility hire introduced PORT ALLEN — The Port Allen Mayor and City Council met in special session Wednesday, March 25, acting on three agenda items before adjourning with a round of announcements. The meeting was held at 5:30 p.m. in
April 01, 2026