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SpaceXUL System lets SpaceX lease 5 acres on Pecan Island as UL Lafayette adds aerospace programsThe University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved a lease that would let SpaceX use 5 acres of UL Lafayette property, the former Pecan Island High School site, ahead of an anticipated purchase. UL Lafayette has leased it to an affiliated nonprofit for $1 per year, and the nonprofit would sublease it to SpaceX in exchange for improvements.Today’s editionRead

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From KLFY, The Current and The Advocate, gathered by 6AM News, 6AM City’s local news service, in the last two days.

  1. KLFY13 hours ago

    Mammoth skeleton found in Lafayette

  2. The Current15 hours ago

    Express Inn given two weeks to bring buyer or face demolition

    A Lafayette administrative judge told the co-owner of the shuttered "nuisance" hotel to bring a buyer interested in rehabbing the property or face demolition.

    Also reported byThe Advocate

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  • Buc-ee'sThe Buc-ee's travel center's Lafayette groundbreaking is set for Mon., Nov.

    The Buc-ee's travel center's Lafayette groundbreaking is set for Mon., Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. CST, based on reports.

    News Notes · Thursday’s editionSource: 97.3 The Dawg