State
Not in our backyard: Opposition to proposed landfill reaches beyond Madison County
Clarion Ledger
Jackson's mayor and a former U.S. senator have joined Ridgeland and Madison County officials in opposing a proposed landfill in south Madison County.
Organized group hires attorney to stop landfill
Madison County Journal
While MDEQ staff continue to pour over hundreds of public comments from concerned citizens regarding the development of the county’s third solid waste landfill, a handful of area residents are working behind the scenes to lobby lawmakers to kill the deal.
City to get major sewer upgrade
Daily Corinthian
The City of Corinth is getting a $600,000 Community Development Block Grant to help provide a major sewer service upgrade in the West Corinth area.
CITY OF MAGEE GETS STATE FUNDING FOR SEWER WORK
Simpson County News
The City of Magee has received funding for city sewer improvements from the State of Mississippi. The news was announced at last week’s Board of Aldermen meeting.
Kerr-McGee workers diagnosed with cancer secure cash benefits
Monroe Journal
HAMILTON – Plant workers employed at Kerr-McGee before 1981 diagnosed with various cancers are entitled to special benefits.
Officials dedicate Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area
Vicksburg Post
Wednesday morning, 18,000 acres of land — a mixture of bayous, sloughs and stands of hardwoods — came under the protection of the state of Mississippi.
USM Ocean Science team to get state of the art research vessel
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - Pretty soon the University of Southern Mississippi’s Ocean Science and Engineering team will have a new state of the art research ship at its disposal.
Mississippi could lead the region and country in applications of mass timber building technologies
MBJ
Mississippi is a timber state. The Mississippi State University Forestry Extension Service estimates that 62 percent of the state’s land area is forested, about 18.6 million acres, with a total annual economic impact estimated at $14.8 billion. Right now, there is a collaborative effort to get even more from the state’s timber assets with innovative mass timber building technologies.
Oil Spill
Bryant announces $53 million for 15 coast restoration projects
MBJ
Gov. Phil Bryant announced on Tuesday 15 restoration projects for 2019.These projects will add more than $53 million to the total of more than $560 million already being spent on restoration projects in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Regional
It's like living in a prison: Life in Birmingham's EPA Superfund site
33/40
Birmingham, Ala. — The federal government has budgeted about an extra $18 million of your money to finish cleaning up contaminated soil in three Birmingham neighborhoods.
National
St. Croix River, 580 other waterways added to state's list of troubled waters
MPR
