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  • Demons for Recovery & United Against Fentanyl to host “Walk for Lives” in Natchitoches on July 11

    NATCHITOCHES – Two Northwestern State University organizations, Demons for Recovery and United Against Fentanyl, invite community members, families and advocates to come together for the “Walk for Lives” event on Saturday, July 11, in Natchitoches. This event aims to raise awareness about the devastating impact of fentanyl and honor the lives affected by opioid-related tragedies. The walk will be from…

  • Cannon exhibit opens Thursday evening in Natchitoches at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame museum

    NATCHITOCHES — Some of the best things are, indeed, free. That’s certainly true for sports fans and especially LSU fans on Thursday evening in Natchitoches, at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum. An extraordinary exhibit showcasing an expansive array of material from the life of one of Louisiana’s best-known and…

  • NSU’s Rodeo Team is back and currently signing competitors 

    NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Rodeo Team signed its first two members for the coming academic year.   Sydnie Romero of Welsh, a graduate of Jeff Davis Homeschool, is transferring to NSU from Texas A&M Commerce as a psychology major.  Romero is a specialist in the breakaway roping event and represents NSU in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association…

  • NSU’s Sophia Witman earns fourth-place finish at ACRA championship 

    NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University rower Sophia Witman finished fourth in the country in the women’s 1x event at the American Collegiate Rowing Association Championship held this past weekend in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  The fourth-place finish is the highest in women’s 1x in NSU’s history.    To advance to the finals, Witman won her heat by over 50 seconds and was second in her semifinals by only .03 seconds.   Witman, a…

  • Natchitoches City Council Meeting Rescheduled

  • NSU Athletics announces Top of the Boot Music Festival

    NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State athletic department is bringing one of country music’s biggest hitmakers of the past decade and an emerging force in the Texas country/Americana scene to headline the two-day Top of the Boot Music Festival from Oct. 16-17. Lee Brice, who had a string of eight No. 1 country singles as a…

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