Avery Island, the birthplace of Louisiana hot sauce brand Tabasco, made national news last week after a roof collapse at a salt mine left two miners dead. Lance Begnaud II, 27, of Broussard ...

For its size, it packs a serious punch. Avery Island – not actually an island but a salt dome in southern Louisiana – is the home of one of the most popular hot sauces in the world.

Not long after you cross the little bridge leading over Bayou Petite Anse — "Little Cove'" in the Cajun French spoken in these parts — whiffs of the spicy fragrance of Tabasco pepper drift ...

AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) — As storms grow more violent and Louisiana loses more of its coast, the family that makes Tabasco Sauce is fighting erosion in the marshland that buffers its factory from ...

The collapse is the first deadly salt mine collapse in Louisiana in decades, according to the U.S. Mine Rescue Association. UPDATE: One Avery Island salt miner found dead, another still missing ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AVERY ISLAND, La – Rescue crews are still looking for two miners after the roof of a salt mine on Avery Island ...

If Avery Island has a foreign feel to it ... The gift store is full of all the Tabasco and Louisiana-themed merchandise imaginable — including pepper pulp that some people use as fertilizer ...

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