LITTLE ROCK – More than 500 members of the Arkansas National Guard will deploy to Louisiana today and Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Ida, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced today. In addition, 33 Arkansas State Troopers are awaiting federal approval to go to Louisiana to assist Louisiana State Police. “When our neighbors in Louisiana asked…
Little Rock, Ark. — The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are dispatching 188 line workers and utility vehicles, along with construction and right-of-way equipment, to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative of Houma, La., as they work to restore power outages that were caused by Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana cooperative reports that 94 percent of its 19,000…
