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Members of the Jeff Davis Parish Landfill Commission are currently split on pursuing a landfill sale option for maintaining revenue and service expectations.

It’s Christmas time and the big jolly fellow dressed in northern fashions’ finest wear is making his way around Jeff Davis Parish next week, with several stops children surely won’t want to miss. Children will get the chance to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, drop last minute hints on Christmas wishes all while enjoying cookies, hot cocoa, fun and pictures.

ELTON — Officials here are excited to see significant progress with a program aimed at minimizing blight throughout the town, as the demolition project nears the end.

School officials are hosting an informative event to assist parish families and students with exceptionalities after high school.

— New Orleans and state officials are preparing for the expected arrival of U.S. Border Patrol agents as the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown in the South, but information remains sparse.

— First Solar on Friday unveiled its $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, bringing more than 800 jobs to the local economy.

(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump's plan to send some Americans $2,000 checks from the federal government's tariff collections is expected to cost more than the import duties will generate.

O ur recent government shutdown has brought to the forefront of the national conversation something most people have sensed for a long time: health insurance in the United States is badly broken. This problem is not new, but has been worsening as prices increase at almost an exponential rate while outcomes show the inverse trend. Without massive subsidies, Obamacare will fail in short order. President Donald Trump was onto something when he suggested that money go directly to the people instead of to “BIG, BAD” insurance companies. The president understands the definition of insanity and does not want to repeat the same mistake.