All eyes will be on the parish's drainage system this hurricane season after Hurricane Francine overwhelmed the pumps and ...

Jefferson Parish officials today lay out their plans for the 2025 hurricane season. With another busy season in the forecast, ...

Jefferson Parish's Emergency Management Department has a new interim director, Charles Hudson. (Photo by The Times-Picayune archive) Jefferson Parish President John Young on Friday named his third ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Valiente, emergency management director for Jefferson Parish in Louisiana, about damage caused by Hurricane Zeta to the area. People living along the Gulf Coast ...

(WGNO) — Jefferson Parish leaders and their ... the last two options,” explained Joe Valiente, the parish’s emergency management director. “And we’re at the mercy of the climate.” ...