“The safety of St. Tammany and every person who comes through here is — and has always been— my top concern.”
Tag: St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister
Operation Angel A Success at 2 Years
CPD Chief Lentz announced the launch of Operation Angel in May of 2016. The innovative program was adopted by select departments across the country as a way to provide people with substance abuse
Safe Haven Receives $5 Million Grant
Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President, announced that St. Tammany Parish Government, and the Safe Haven project, will receive $5,310,000 in grant funding through the National Disaster Resiliency funding, facilitated through the State
CPD Chief Tim Lentz Receives BGR Award
The Covington Police Department is pleased to announce that Chief Tim Lentz has been selected to receive the Bureau of Governmental Research’s Excellence in Government 2018 Innovation Award. BGR is a non-profit, independent
Business Resource Workshop Re-Cap
The seventh installment of the award-winning Covington Business Resource Workshop series was held Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the Bogue Falaya Hall of the Greater Covington Center (Covington City Hall Complex). The workshop
STEDF Update: Following The Money
Recently, Covington Weekly reported on changes in the composition of economic development in the parish. The following exchange between CW Correspondent Timothy Gates and the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation took place this
Greater Degree Of Transparency Needed In St. Tammany Economic Development
It’s There, You Just Have To Really Look For It… And Sometimes Rely On An FOIA Request Helis Oil & Gas Company announced last week that they would not pursue the anticipated project
Fracking No Longer A Plan For Helis
Helis Oil and Gas Company announced earlier this week that they would not pursue their proposed project near Lakeshore High School. The stated reason is that analysis of the sample did not indicate
Informational Meeting on Tulane National Primate Research Center Investigation – Open to the Public
St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister, the St. Tammany Parish Government Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, officials from the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC), and the Governor’s Office of Homeland