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Clockwise from top right: An early gathering of KRVS advisors and staff; Program hosts Herbert Wiltz, Pete Bergeron and "Nonc" Jules Guidry at a live festival broadcast; Membership drive phone volunteers; Louis Michot and Layla McCalla in the Cypress Lake Studio; KRVS' Fundraising Fais-do-do at the Acadiana Center for the Arts; Longtime General Manager Dave Spizale and Blues Box host Raoul Breaux

Clockwise from top left: An early gathering of KRVS advisors and staff; Program hosts Herbert Wiltz, Pete Bergeron and "Nonc" Jules Guidry at a live festival broadcast; Membership drive phone volunteers; Louis Michot and Layla McCalla in the Cypress Lake Studio; KRVS' Fundraising Fais-do-do at the Acadiana Center for the Arts; Longtime General Manager Dave Spizale and Blues Box host Raoul Breaux.

Farewell To A Cherished Soul

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Festival International 2026 Broadcast Schedule

Louisiana News

Wes Muller

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Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Senate advances redistricting bill to add Republican seat ahead of tight midterms

Piper Hutchinson (Louisiana Illuminator)

Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a Republican-backed map that would drop Louisiana to just one congressional district that favors Democrats.
Alex Cox

East Baton Rouge parish employees will receive raises after Metro Council approval

Alex Cox

All East Baton Rouge city-parish employees are set to receive a raise soon, after the Metro Council approved a plan in a 10-1 vote Wednesday.
Aubri Juhasz

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WWNO

Composting is rare in Louisiana. At this New Orleans school, it’s the norm

Aubri Juhasz

A high school in the Bywater focused on coastal restoration and sustainability is set to close this summer. It leaves a unique legacy.
Piper Hutchinson

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Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Senate committee drops one of two majority-Black districts in advancing map

Piper Hutchinson (Louisiana Illuminator)

Republicans prevailed in a 4-3 party-line vote to approve Senate Bill 121, which keeps a single majority-Black district that stretches from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

Medicine Ball Caravan In-Studio Performances

Anna La Mare

Anna La Mare joins us LIVE in Cypress lake studios! Yesterday, Mare released her debut single, “Jonna (Find Yourself a Man).” You can support Anna La Mare on her "The Moments Before Tour." For more information click here.

Luke Huval Band

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Vishten LIVE on the Caravan

NPR News

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Photos provided by Chrissy Onientatahse Jacobs

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

Brian Mann

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.
Jose Luis Magana

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AP

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail.

NPR News

Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work

Cory Turner

The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities.

60 Years of Radio Acadie - A KRVS Original Podcast

New episodes premiere weekly during the Zydeco Stomp and will air throughout the week during the news and other KRVS programs. They'll also be posted weekly here and on Spotify.