State
City of Meridian receives A- from S&P Global for water and sewage system
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - S&P Global has given a rating of A minus to the City of Meridian’s water and sewage systems.
Laurel secures low interest rate for water and sewer line improvements
WDAM
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Laurel has secured a 1.59% interest rate for a $5 million bond to improve and repair the water and sewer system.
Oktibbeha supervisors approve salary study from Stennis Institute
Commercial Dispatch
… Later, the board reaffirmed a past unanimous decision for Austin Barbour, a partner with the local Clearwater Consultants firm, to seek state funding for the potential replacement of the Oktibbeha County Lake Dam. The vote had to be unanimous in order for Barbour to follow through, he said.
Waldrop discusses landfill plans at supes meeting
Starkville Daily News
An Oktibbeha County landowner came before the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors at its Monday Meeting, with the intent of using part of his property as a landfill. Dudley Waldrop discussed his plan for using some of his property in the Rock Hill community as a private landfill. He came before the meeting asking for a letter of support of the supervisors as he took his application to the next step.
Waste Pro resolves recycling issue
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The city of Meridian recently planned to renegotiate its contract with Waste Pro after representatives with the company revealed that items designated for a recycling plant have actually been going to a trash site. Now, the company has announced that the issue is resolved.
$80M solar power project in Hancock County moves forward
WLOX
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Plans for an $80 million solar facility in Hancock County are moving forward following a meeting of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Near-record catfish caught at Arkabutla Lake
WJTV
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announced a near-record catfish was caught at Arkabutla Lake on July 19.
State Government
Gov. Reeves issues statewide mask mandate
WTOK
JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced two new executive orders Tuesday to delay public school reopenings in target counties and establish a statewide mask mandate in the ongoing fight against this unprecedented pandemic.
Mississippi health officer issues immediate stay-at-home order for COVID-19 patients
WLOX
JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - Any Mississippian diagnosed with COVID-19 must immediately isolate at home, according to an order just issued by State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. The order is statewide and effective immediately.
Oil Spill
City releases vision for Municipal Park
WKRG
The City of Mobile Tuesday released a video with its vision for the future of Langan Municipal Park.
Regional
This year's 'dead zone' in the Gulf is the 3rd smallest yet. We have Hurricane Hanna to thank.
NOLA.com
The 2020 summer low-oxygen "dead zone" along the Louisiana Gulf coastline covered only 2,117 square miles, an area just a bit larger than the state of Rhode Island and the third-smallest dead zone since mapping began in 1985, according to researchers with the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
National
BP built its business on oil and gas. Now climate change is taking it apart.
Washington Post
With climate change bearing down on the planet and the novel coronavirus upending the fossil fuel business, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies on Tuesday mapped out how it plans to navigate the next decade by radically cutting back on its oil and gas business.
Press Releases
Governor Reeves Issues Statewide Mask Mandate, Delays School Reopenings to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced two new executive orders to delay public school reopenings in target counties and establish a statewide mask mandate in the ongoing fight against this unprecedented pandemic.
State Health Officer Issues Immediate Statewide Isolation Order
MSDH
JACKSON, Miss. — Today State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs MD, MPH, issued a statewide order for the Isolation of Individuals Diagnosed with COVID-19 effective immediately.
Smaller-than-expected Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured
NOAA
NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to 1.4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species. 
