State
Supes hear from Corps of Engineers, MDEQ on dam
Starkville Daily News
On Tuesday morning, members of the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors met with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to discuss options for the Oktibbeha County Lake Dam.
Oktibbeha may work with Corps of Engineers to study needs at lake dam
Commercial Dispatch
Oktibbeha County leaders will spend the next two weeks figuring out the scope of a study of the county lake dam that the board of supervisors will consider authorizing at its March 16 meeting.
WATER QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PORTION OF YAZOO RIVER
Yazoo Herald
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a water contact advisory Friday for a segment of the Yazoo River near Yazoo City.
CAMPAIGN FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS CONTINUES
Yazoo Herald
It was a story that gained momentum last year as entire communities were immersed under water with the Yazoo Backwater Flood.
Mississippi DMR accepting proposals for GOMESA projects
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Have an idea for a project that helps protect our coastal environment, but needs funding? The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is ready to help.
Group weekly collects trash at Arkabutla Lake
DeSoto Times-Tribune
Arkabutla Lake is a place that welcomes many to come enjoy the scenery, boat and fish on the water, or gather family and friends to picnic and fellowship together.
ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY PARTICIPATES IN MDOT’S ‘OPERATION CLEAN UP’
WXXV
‘Don’t trash Mississippi’ was the theme at one Gulfport area school today as students learned more about keeping the environment clean and healthy.
GAUTIER GARBAGE MAN WINS THIRD $10,000 SAFETY AWARD
WXXV
Nelson Ross, a garbage truck driver at Waste Pro’s Gautier, MS Division, has won the company’s coveted $10,000 Safety Award for the third time.in the solid waste industry to offer such an award to its drivers.
Yazoo Herald
Illegal tire dumping is a big problem on the eastern side of the county near the interstate, and District 2 Supervisor David Berry believes it’s mostly the work of individuals transporting the waste tires from outside the county.
Secretary of the Interior commits to make needed repairs in Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg Post
WASHINGTON — It now appears the full weight of the federal government is behind making immediate repairs to the significant erosion and storm-related damage within the Vicksburg National Military Park and the Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Initial reports reveal dozens of homes, businesses damaged during severe weather event
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has received several damage reports from Wednesday’s storms.
MDWFP Visitor Education Center to host youth Gyotaku programs
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Visitor Education Center will host youth Gyotaku programs March 10 through 13 at 2:00 p.m. each day. Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish.
State Government
Gov. Reeves order creates coronavirus committee. Mississippi tests negative to date
Clarion Ledger
Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed an executive order to create a steering committee to handle the state's planning and response to the new coronavirus spreading across the U.S. and the globe.
New Mississippi welfare director says he aims for integrity
AP
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he has chosen a new state Department of Human Services director, weeks after a former director was charged in a criminal scheme involving allegations of misspent welfare money.
Mississippi attorney general to lead cybersecurity panel
AP
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says she will work to strengthen the security of computers and other electronic devices used by state government employees.
Regional
Camp Minden no longer an active superfund site
Minden Press-Herald
Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) says 90 days after a controlled burn of illegally stored explosives was completed, part of Camp Minden is no longer an active superfund site.
Florida’s air has never been cleaner, state environmental agency says
Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA — Florida now meets federal standards for air pollutants for the first time in a decade, and improvements in Hillsborough and Polk counties played an important role in that success, state environmental officials said Wednesday.
Seen ‘odd’ acting deer with strange eyes? It’s not your imagination, experts say
Sun Herald
If you’re convinced deer in your neighborhood are looking and acting a little crazy, it may not just be your imagination.
National
EPA mulls ways to stabilize biofuel costs for refiners, with waiver program at risk
Reuters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is mulling new measures to help oil refiners cope with the cost of complying with the nation’s biofuel policy, as the agency faces a sweeping legal challenge to a waiver program worth a fortune to the industry.
Opinion
GUEST COLUMN/Landfill still a threat
Madison County Journal
By KATIE WARREN and SYLVIA THOMAS
We are a small part of the grassroots opposition to NCL Waste Inc.’s proposed 89-acre landfill in Madison County. Unlike the proponents of NCL’s landfill, we are not getting paid by anyone. We are fighting for the people rather than a big garbage company.
Press Releases
MDMR accepting proposals for GOMESA projects
March 4, 2020
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is accepting proposals for projects that may receive funding from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Securities Act (GOMESA). The deadline for proposals to be submitted is 5 p.m. on June 30, 2020.mr.ms.gov or delivered to MDMR at 1141 Bayview Ave. in Biloxi.
