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January 2023

Pantone Names the Color of 2023: Viva Magenta!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana is currently enrolling volunteers for the AmeriCorps Foster Grandparent Program (FGP). Foster Grandparent volunteers work in a classroom setting one-on-one with students who struggle with reading and math. The FGP program serves schools in Lake Charles, Sulphur, Iowa, Crowley, Jennings, and Westlake, and […]

January 2023

St. Louis Catholic High School Buys Property in East Lake Charles

Land has been purchased for a new home for St. Louis Catholic High School — the next step in its recovery from the 2020 hurricanes. The new site is a 47-acre tract on Corbina Road in east Lake Charles. St. Louis Catholic, the Diocese of Lake Charles’ lone Catholic high […]

January 2023

Clubs in Calcasieu

January is National Hobby Month – the perfect time to think about taking up a new sport, craft, or activity. Clubs connect you with people who have similar interests. They provide opportunities to get out of the house and socialize.The Calcasieu Parish community offers plenty of options, depending on your […]

January 2023

First Person with Angie Manning, Vice President of Communications, Visit Lake Charles

Angie Manning is certainly a familiar (and always smiling) face in and around Southwest Louisiana. For the past twenty years, she has promoted our corner of the state through her roles at the Lake Charles/SWLA Convention and Visitors Bureau, aka Visit Lake Charles. Angie is the Vice President of Communications, […]

January 2023

Cool Jobs with Bam Arceneaux, Owner, the Panorama Music Exchange

The Panorama Music Exchange, nestled right next door to the Panorama Music House at 331 Broad Street in downtown Lake Charles, is more than just a music store specializing in the sale of vinyl. It’s a mesmerizing mix of music, memorabilia, and random, often forgotten history of Southwest Louisiana. “Things […]

January 2023

2023 Travel Guide

January 31 is National Plan for Vacation Day! The reason this is important is because a 2018 study from the U.S. Travel Association discovered that 55% of employees do not use all their allotted paid time off! But down time and traveling for pleasure are vital to our physical and […]

January 2023

American Press Writer Wins Journalism Grant

Emily Burleigh, staff writer for the American Press, has won this year’s grant from the Hector San Miguel Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation SWLA to attend a professional conference. The fund will reimburse Burleigh to attend the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas in April. “With the […]

January 2023

Behavioral Finance… what is it & why should you care?

Investors may like to think they’re completely rational in their decision-making, but that’s highly unlikely. We don’t stop being human beings when it comes to investing, so psychology and emotions are apt to play roles—sometimes large ones—in the choices we make. Behavioral finance studies investors’ real-life behavior and common biases. […]

January 2023

Recovery Spotlight: Global Asset Management Group

For nine years, Tim and Tammy Andreas successfully ran their business, Global Asset Management Group (GAMG), from high up in the Capital One Building in downtown Lake Charles; until that fateful day in August 2020 when Hurricane Laura blew through the tower, showering shards of the iconic blue green glass […]