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CLEANING UP THE BEACHES AFTER MEMORIAL DAY
WXXV
As residents and Coast visitors flocked to the beaches for the three day weekend, Harrison County Sand Beach Authority was out in full force Saturday, Sunday, and Memorial Day Monday to help keep beaches clean.
Giant catfish caught in Mississippi River during Memorial Day fishing tournament
WLBT
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WLBT) - Talk about a catch!
An 86-pound blue catfish was caught this weekend during the 3rd Annual Natchez Memorial Day Catfish Tournament.
State Government
State Economist Predicts Slow Recovery Due to Pandemic
MPB
Mississippi’s state economist predicts a slow financial recovery because of the coronavirus pandemic. He says millions have been lost in revenue. Now lawmakers are trying to determine how they’ll allocate the state budget.
‘Very likely to re-surge.’ Overwhelmed MS health dept. gets aggressive to curb COVID-19
Sun Herald
State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs took on a much bigger job than his health department was capable of handling when he announced March 26, at a news conference on the steps of the governor’s mansion, that more testing and contact tracing would be cornerstones of the state attack on COVID-19.
Regional
'It's too far gone': Old oil wells and pipelines doom big effort to save this Louisiana island
NOLA.com
A Louisiana island President Theodore Roosevelt tried to save more than a century ago has been so damaged by the oil industry, so tangled with forgotten pipelines, gouged by canals and pockmarked by oil wells, that the state has finally decided to cut its losses and end a decades-long effort to restore it.
National
EPA’s Biggest Union Pushes Back Against Reopening Plans
Bloomberg
The EPA’s biggest union is pushing back against the agency’s plans to start the process that could lead to reopening some of its offices.
Puddles the mussel detection dog is Washington’s new defense against invasive species
Sun Herald
As the weather heats up and boaters prepare to cast off, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife professionals are on the lookout for invasive species of mussels that could overtake the state’s waterways.
