Lifestyle

It’s time to celebrate refreshing blueberries in Louisiana

School is out, and summer is near. Here’s something else to celebrate: Blueberries — those refreshing, deeply hued orbs of sweetness — are now ripening on bushes across Louisiana.Blueberries are among the easiest fruit crops to grow.

NSU Folklife Center will present Grammy winner Chubby Carrier

The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University will present the program “A Life of Zydeco: A Musical Informance with Chubby Carrier” on June 21 at 1 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in Natchitoches.

DemonSats team completes successful space balloon launch

The DemonSats, a student research team from Northwestern State University and the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, mentored by Professor of Physics Anna Dugas, successfully sent a sounding balloon payload into space on the LaSPACE ACES-72 launch at the NASA Columbia Scientific...