Tagged News

• 2 On Your Side: Ascension government finds dirt to cover area generating red dust for years Play Video

  May 7, 2025 6:17 PM

  BURNSIDE — Ascension Parish leaders on Wednesday announced a new deal to address red dust that has plagued a Burnside-area neighborhood for years: Surplus soil from an Air Products construction site near Sorrento will be used to cover the ground at an old aluminum refinery. As detailed in numerous... more »

• Red dust flying through neighborhood, concerning some residents Play Video

  March 19, 2019 7:00 PM

  GONZALES - Red dust flying through the air in a residential area of Ascension Parish is getting the attention of at least one state agency. The dust is flying from nearby bauxite mud ponds in Gonzales. Last Wednesday, when wind gusts were reported in the double digits, some residents... more »