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  • Water Outage Notice

    Natchitoches, LA – The City of Natchitoches advises the public of a temporary water outage due to a broken water line caused by a contractor working in the area on Grand Ecore Road. Utility crews are currently on site working to repair the line and restore service as quickly as possible. Customers in the following…

  • Watson Library to host daylong event on the evolution and future of democracy 

    NATCHITOCHES – Watson Library at Northwestern State University will host a livestream of “TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures” on Saturday, June 13 at 8 a.m. in the Fleming and Jean D’Amato Thomas Reference Room on the second floor. The event is free and open to the public.  According to Director of Libraries Dr. Megan Lowe, the daylong symposium features 15+ brand-new TED Talks focused…

  • N-Club Hall of Fame nomination deadline extended to Sunday

    Story by Doug Ireland, Special Assistant to the President  NATCHITOCHES – Fans and former Northwestern State student-athletes are invited to submit nominations online by midnight Sunday for the N-Club Hall of Fame, the university’s highest athletic honor, as the 2026 ballot takes shape. The nomination deadline was stretched from Friday by 48 hours to take…

  • NSU Summer Dinner Theatre to take a trip to the 70s in “Death by Disco.”  

    NATCHITOCHES – The NSU Summer Dinner Theatre will take audiences back to the disco scene of the 1970s when it presents “Death by Disco” on June 16-20 and 23-27 on the stage of the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and dinner begins at 6 p.m. Robert Richoux is the director.  Tickets are $60.54, which includes dinner and the show. To purchase tickets,…

  • NSU’s Engineering Technology Department announces workforce development workshops

    NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology will host two workforce development workshops for adults this summer. The workshops are for individuals age 18 or older with high school diplomas. Classes will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Williamson Hall Rooms 112 and 123. Weyerhauser is a support sponsor of the workshops.  The first, “Agile…

  • The American Revolution, Natchitoches, and Your Ancestry Event on June 6

    In honor of America 250, NSU’s Creole Heritage Center is partnering with Louisiana Public Broadcasting to host “Galvez & The American Revolution – Natchitoches’ Connection” on Saturday, June 6th. This free event begins at 10:30 a.m. with a special look at the recent Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt & PBS documentary The American Revolution. Next,…

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