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The Louisiana Community and Technical College System honored Southwestern Electric Power Company as an outstanding leader in advancing education and workforce development in Louisiana during the 6th annual LCTCS Impact Awards Gala.

More than a hundred spectators at Eagle Watch Nature Trail in Gentry, Arkansas, witnessed a spectacular event Sunday as a rehabilitated bald eagle soared back into the wild. You could hear the crowd gasp in awe as the bird took flight.

American Electric Power Foundation, at the request of Southwestern Electric Power (SWEPCO) awarded $50,000 to help launch the Washington Leadership Academy. The parent organization, I Am A Hero, Inc., will oversee the implementation of the award.

This weekend, unstable air across SWEPCO’s service territory from north Arkansas and south to Texarkana, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana brought extreme storms to the area and disrupted power to customers.

Installations to approximately 234,000 Louisiana customers will begin in the Shreveport-Bossier City area in October before moving south to Hornbeck and other parts of SWEPCO’s Louisiana service territory. 

The AEP Foundation, at the recommendation of SWEPCO, is donating $2,500 for program support of a city pocket park and kid safe space in the City of Horatio, AR. The pocket park will serve as a meeting place for families and their children.

American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), which raises funds and awareness for St. Jude, awarded SWEPCO the 2023 Trade Partner of the Year for work with the St. Jude Dream Home.

As of 11:45 a.m., approximately 15,000 customers remain without power, mainly in northwest Louisiana.

Outages are primarily due to damaging winds that knocked down trees and power lines.

A memorandum of understanding signed today will officially launch a Louisiana-based certificate program to help the next generation of lineworkers through educational opportunities and a newly developed career training program.