The 254-acre Avondale Shipyard site on the west bank of Jefferson Parish is officially back in business. Gov. John Bel Edwards and a host of local business and civic leaders were on hand at the ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the purchase of the former Avondale Shipyards site in Jefferson Parish by Avondale Marine LLC this morning. The shipyard, which employed thousands of people over it’s ...

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One year has passed since state and federal officials offered Huntington Ingalls Industries separate incentive packages to keep Avondale Shipyard open. Avondale workers have since completed one of the ...

Avondale Shipyard has grown quiet in recent years. Once the largest employer in Louisiana with 26,000 jobs, after its sale to Northrop Grumman in 2001, the number of employees dwindled to 200 ...

Weary but resigned workers grappled Wednesday with news that the Avondale Shipyard is shutting down even as painful new details emerged about Northrop Grumman's plans for the Gulf Coast. Officials ...

In a blow to the regional economy, Northrop Grumman officials said Tuesday that work at the 5,000-employee Avondale shipyard outside of New Orleans will wind down in 2013. Northrop Grumman, the ...