Tecovas is opening a Magazine Street store at 3901 Magazine St. later this year, bringing boots, in-store personalization and planned local events to the Garden District.

Sail 250 and Memorial Day crowds pushed New Orleans to a weekly hotel occupancy jump, with rooms up 10.9% to 56.1%.

BP has started marketing minority stakes in the Kaskida and Tiber Gulf projects, moves that could reshape which companies capture multi‑billion-dollar offshore work and spark legal fights.