Texas Brine wants to stop paying sinkhole aid to Bayou Corne residents
Tue, 2015-02-17 10:28
Zachary Fitzgerald
Texas Brine Co.
Sinkhole
The Bayou Corne sinkhole.
(Assumption Parish government photo)
Insurance fight over cost of 37-acre sinkhole
Sat, 2014-10-04 07:11
Harlan Kirgan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The collapse of a portion of a salt dome that left a 37-acre sinkhole in swampy land west of Baton Rouge has bubbled up into a $50 million dispute between the mine operator and i
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The Bayou Corne sinkhole in Assumption Parish.
When sinkholes open, they can swallow fortunes
Sun, 2014-09-14 15:47
Harlan Kirgan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Solid ground isn't always a certainty. Sinkholes can lurk anywhere, beneath suburban homes, city streets or even football stadiums and museums.
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Bayou Corne sinkhole.
Assumption Parish government photo
Judge OKs $48.1M settlement regarding sinkhole
Thu, 2014-08-14 08:20
Harlan Kirgan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday granted final approval of a $48.1 million class-action settlement for Louisiana residents affected by a sinkhole that opened two years ago has been swal
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Survey finds 12 salt domes with thin walls
Mon, 2013-11-25 14:06
Harlan Kirgan
BATON ROUGE (AP) — At least 12 salt-dome caverns in Louisiana are as close to the edge of their supporting underground formations as the one that collapsed last year and caused a huge sinkhole in A
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