Tuesday, August 14, 2018

News Clippings August 14, 2018

State

STARKVILLE UTILITIES TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING TO TALK MAJOR WORK IN SUBDIVISION
WTVA

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Starkville Utilities will hold a public meeting to address a major project in the Pleasant Acres subdivision.

VT Halter Marine appoints Ronald Baczkowski as President and CEO
MBJ

VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems) today announced that Ronald Baczkowski has been appointed as the President and CEO for VT Halter Marine with immediate effect.


Regional

Reward offered after rare sea turtle strangled by beach chair
Al.com

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is offering a $2,500 reward for information relating to the recent discovery of an endangered sea turtle that was found tethered to a beach chair in mid-July.

Baton Rouge, other school districts to receive money for cleaner school buses through Volkswagen settlement
The Advocate

Public school districts in East Baton Rouge and Lafayette parishes are among those qualifying for discounts on 142 cleaner-burning buses as part of a court settlement, state officials said Monday.


Opinion

Trey Glenn: What the EPA is doing about PFAS chemicals
Fayetteville Observer

Protecting America’s drinking water is a top priority for EPA and that’s why we are coming together with state and local partners in North Carolina to gather input about a group of chemicals called per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).


Press Releases


Recreational Gray Triggerfish season to close Aug. 16

BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that the recreational fishing season for Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) will close in Mississippi territorial waters at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.