News for Community
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Ouachita Parish shined at the 2025 Louisiana Travel Association Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at ULM Bayou Pointe Event Center. The association honored Discover Monroe-West Monroe as CVB of the Year, which operated on a budget of $1 million and above. Ouachita Parish scored a tourism economic impact of $30.11 million in 2024. The parish had an impressive year with hosting 191 events, ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Human Interest, Community, Press Release
Monday, February 10, 2025
The West Monroe Recycling Center is proud to announce it is moving to an expanded facility and will open to the public on Monday, Feb. 10.
The expanded facility is located at 607 Grantham Avenue in West Monroe. The current facility at 409 Lincoln Street will no longer be a drop-off location for recyclable materials.
The expanded facility is made possible through an EPA “SWIFR” grant ...read more
Categories: Human Interest, Community, Press Release
Monday, February 10, 2025
The University of Louisiana Monroe has named Dr. Michael Callhan as the Director of the Kitty DeGree School of Nursing (KDSON). Callihan began in the role in the Fall 2024 semester. He comes to ULM after most recently working as an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Callihan has also worked as an assistant professor at Miami University (Ohio), Auburn ...read more
Categories: Human Interest, Community
Thursday, February 06, 2025
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MONROE’S ANNUAL SPRING MARKET SHOPPING EVENT FUNDS MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY IMPACT
MONROE, LA, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 – TICKETS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA’S LARGEST 3-DAY SHOPPING EVENT ARE ON SALE NOW! WHEN YOU ATTEND ANY SPRING MARKET EVENT, THE FUNDS GENERATED HELP SUPPORT COMMUNITY NEEDS, PROJECTS, AND INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MONROE.
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release
Monday, February 03, 2025
AARP Tax assistance will begin on Monday, February 3 at 9:00 am. No appointment needed.For information call - 318-582-1663 (Richard Taylor)
Categories: Community, Press Release, Human Interest
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Monday, February 03, 2025
BAYOU JAMB BASEBALL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 10:00 AMMEDIA DAY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd 10:00 AM WMHS EDGEWOOD CENTERWest Monroe, LA – Saturday, February 8, 2025, six teams will gather at West Monroe High School-Shelby Aulds Memorial Baseball Field for the Bayou Jamb Baseball Jamboree powered by D-Bat of Monroe. Each team will have the opportunity to compete in a two-game series to take home bragging ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Human Interest
Monday, February 03, 2025
Downtown Monroe and West Monroe will soon be alive with art enthusiasts and fun seekers as the Downtown Gallery Crawl returns for its first event of the 2025 season on Thursday, February 6, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Presented by the Northeast Realtors of Louisiana, this signature event—an initiative of the non-profit Downtown Arts Alliance—continues its mission to enrich the 318 art culture, ...read more
Categories: Human Interest, Community, Press Release
Monday, February 03, 2025
The Center for Children & Families is proud to announce the upcoming two-day Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) workshop to be held on February 6th and 7th, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at First West - West Monroe Campus (311 Mill Street, West Monroe, LA).
TBRI is an empowering approach that aims to help children from “hard places.” The model is an attachment-based, trauma-informed ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Human Interest
Thursday, January 30, 2025
The City of West Monroe is seeking visual artwork to be on display at City Hall throughout 2025. A call to artists has been issued centered around the theme of “Artopia.”
Local artists are encouraged to submit works of art that illustrate their interpretation of eutopia through abstract or representational art in any medium, including photography. The exhibition also aims to showcase ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Human Interest, Community
Monday, January 27, 2025
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) will begin accepting 2024 state individual income tax returns on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.
On Jan. 29, taxpayers can begin filing their state income tax returns electronically through LDR’s Louisiana Taxpayer Access Point (LaTAP) account management portal at www.revenue.louisiana.gov/LaTAP. On LaTAP, taxpayers can file tax returns, make payments, ...read more
Categories: Community, Human Interest, Press Release
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
United Way of Northeast Louisiana is pleased to announce that this year’s VITA Free Tax Preparation is happening February 3 to February 28, 2025. This service offers free, fast, and stress-free tax preparation for individuals and families with a household income of less than $67,000.
Here’s how the program works:Drop off tax information at one of five convenient locations across Northeast ...read more
Categories: Human Interest, Community, Press Release
