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If your Louisiana Labor Day weekend plans include a trip to the beach, here's what you'll want to know before you get there.

Several Louisiana beaches have advisories posted for swimmers this weekend. Here's the list of which ones do and which ones do not.

Warning flags will be flying at many of the beaches Louisiana vacationers love to visit over the Father's Day weekend.

Several beaches in Louisiana have posted advisories for swimmers ahead of the Father's Day Weekend.

Whether you're doing Mardi Gras in the big city or keeping it local in your small town, parade food is a must.

The presence of bacteria in unsafe amounts has closed all but two of Louisiana's twenty-four coastal recreational beaches for swimmers.

Louisiana beach and fishing safety information is now as close as your pocket thanks to a new app from Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality.

If you're planning a beach trip make sure you know which beaches are the safest options for you and your family.

Some of South Louisiana's favorite beach spots are included in this advisory for high levels of bacteria.

Germophobes beware! You might want to think twice before using that hotel blow dryer on your hair.

Get the latest LDH beach monitoring report to keep up with what bacteria may or may not be in our coastal waters. It could save you a trip to the hospital.

Get the latest updates with the Louisiana Department of Health weekly beach monitoring program, because a fun day at the beach could easily turn into a bad day/week at the hospital.