AND ALSO OUR FREE WDSU MOBILE APP. THE LOUISIANA FORTIFY HOMES PROGRAM WILL OPEN ITS THIRD ROUND OF GRANTS AT NOON ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH. THERE ARE 750 GRANTS AVAILABLE AND THEY WILL BE AWARDED ...

ALL RIGHT. MARK YOUR CALENDAR. THE LATEST ROUND OF THE LOUISIANA FORTIFIED HOMES PROGRAM OPENS UP NEXT WEEK. 750 GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS FOURTH ROUND. THE $10,000 WILL GO TO HELPING HOMEOWNERS ...

Alabama State Rep. Frances Holk-Jones, R-Gulf Shores, said she knew the “Fortified” home construction program was a success after Hurricane Sally in 2020. An insurance agent with State Farm, ...

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GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — A storm no one could fully prepare for. Twenty years ago on Monday, Baldwin County felt the wrath of Hurricane Ivan. “There was like, nothing left. It was all just so much ...