State
Supes divided over future of county lake dam repairs
Starkville Daily News
Even as pumps continue removing water from Oktibbeha County Lake, the county's supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday night pledging to pay half of the costs to fix the lake's dam and levee.
Oktibbeha County Supervisors agree to cover partial cost of dam repairs
WTVA
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors agreed to cover half the total costs of dam repairs.
Engineers hired for Robins Lake Road dam
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Adams County officials said they are at work finding a long-term solution to the recurring flooding on Robins Lake Road.
LOCAL LAKE BEING DRAINED TO CORRECT HAZARD
Simpson County News
Simpson County Lake is being drained to make repairs to its dam.
Waste Water Treatment Plant Dumping Material
Delta News TV
In Greenville ... One resident is outraged at the dumping of what she believes to be raw sewage allegedly from the waste water treatment plant.
South Mississippi businesses affected by algae can now apply for disaster assistance
WLOX
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - If you're a Mississippi business owner who was hurt by the blue-green algae outbreak in our waters last summer, you now have an opportunity to apply for disaster assistance through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Backwater flood returns to the Delta
WJTV
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Backwater has pushed its way back into farmland in the Delta putting homeowners and farmers on edge.
Mississippi sets state record for tornadoes in 2019
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Last year was another active year for severe weather in Mississippi with a record-setting 115 tornadoes across the state.
What The Smell? Jackson residents complain about mysterious odor
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - From Bellingrath Road to Bellewood Drive, from Dinsmor to northwest Jackson, residents have reported the same strange odor.
Co-Lin’s Case nominated for national Instructor of the Year
Daily Leader
One local educator may be on the way to receiving national recognition. Copiah-Lincoln Community College Automation and Control Technology instructor Mandy Hart Case has been chosen as a finalist to receive the 2020 American Technical Education Association Instructor of the Year Award.
State Government
Mississippi Lottery sends $7.6M in net proceeds to state treasury
Daily Journal
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation made its first transfer of more than $7.6 million in net proceeds to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in the Mississippi State Treasury last week.
Oil Spill
$10K AWARDED TO MISSISSIPPI AQUARIUM
WXXV
Construction is moving swimmingly and in just a few months the doors will open at the Mississippi Aquarium as they stand on their three pillars of education, community, and conservation.
SCAPE hired to develop plan to protect Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar watershed
PNJ
Escambia County will be bringing SCAPE Landscape Architecture back to Pensacola to help develop a watershed restoration plan for Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar as part of the RESTORE Act.
Regional
Warning to anglers: Invasive carp moving up Tennessee River
Al.com
Anglers and conservationists who have been worried about the arrival of invasive silver carp in Alabama waters just got a wakeup call.
National
Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
NYT
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens.
Five states raise alarms about EPA coal-fired power plant waste disposal proposal
The Hill
Attorneys general from five states have raised objections to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rollback of Obama-era regulations that stipulate how coal-fired power plants dispose of waste containing arsenic, lead and mercury.
EPA official encourages ag industry feedback
Delta Farm Press
An EPA official challenged the agriculture industry to take advantage of public comment periods to make their cases for retaining products they need to protect crops.
Opinion
Opinion: The miracle at the lake
Starkville Daily News
I think it’s safe to say we witnessed a miracle over the weekend.
Be it by divine intervention or human ingenuity, a complete failure of the Oktibbeha County Lake dam was avoided, despite deteriorating infrastructure and torrential rain that had the entire county on edge.
Press Releases
Special Deer Season Set
MDWFP
During the 2019–2020 hunting season, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) has collected more than 5,000 samples for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing across the state.
Trump Administration Recruits Six New Members as U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
Commitments made by new Champions will contribute to national food waste reduction
01/22/2020
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 21, 2020) — Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the addition of six new U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions.
