State
Aberdeen aldermen approve TVA contract, online payment plan
Monroe Journal
…County board attorney David Houston and Howard Harper, who purchased the former Holley Performance building, both appeared before the board to discuss setbacks for the sale to be finalized.
Raw sewage overflowing near Jackson school
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. — There's growing concern from residents about an overflowing sewer near a Jackson school.
Breached pond causes major flooding near Bonita Lakes
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Highway 19 South near Bonita Lakes became inundated with water after a private pond’s dam breached.
PEARSON STREET LEVEE PLANS ARE UNDERWAY
Press-Register
They didn’t shovel dirt but they did promise the work will begin on the Pearson Street levee Monday morning as soon as the ground gets dry enough for equipment to work.
High water activates Vicksburg military’s Emergency Operation Center
WLBT
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - An emergency watch from Thursday’s severe weather has activated the Emergency Operations Center by The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District.
Hazardous Waste Collection Day is Back April 17 in Oxford
Hotty Toddy
Spring is in full swing in Oxford, and for many, that means it’s time to do some spring cleaning.
State Government
STATE EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE PLAN'S FINANCES IMPROVE DESPITE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Northside Sun
The health insurance plan that covers state and school employees in Mississippi has seen its net position improve in the first quarter of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report presented to its governing board.
Regional
Feds seek end to dredging limits that protect sea turtles
AP
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The federal government is close to undoing a policy that for 30 years has protected rare sea turtles from being mangled and killed by machines used to suck sediments from shipping channels in four Southern states.
3 times as many red snapper doesn’t mean tripled quotas
AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Members of Congress say they expect relaxed catch limits for red snapper this year in light of a new study finding three times the number previously thought to swim in the Gulf of Mexico, but experts note that tripled quotas are extremely unlikely.
Investigators: How much did the Valero flare impact the community
WMC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Massive flames at the Valero refinery in South Memphis could be spotted from miles away last month.
National
Oil Lobby Backs Climate Action Plan
WSJ
WASHINGTON—The oil industry’s top lobbying group will push Congress for legislation to price carbon emissions across the economy, in a sharp policy turnabout a decade after the industry helped kill a similar effort to address climate change.
State: Illegally dumped radioactive fracking waste will stay
WRAL
SALEM, ORE. — A state agency has chosen to leave millions of pounds of illegally dumped, radioactive fracking waste in an Eastern Oregon landfill.
Once Imperiled, America's Bald Eagle Populations Are Soaring
NPR
The number of bald eagles in the lower 48 U.S. states — a population once on the brink of extinction — has quadrupled in the last dozen years to more than 316,000, federal wildlife officials say, despite steep declines in other American bird populations.
Why Fossil Hunting Is the Next Big Hobby—Seriously
WSJ
INDIANA JONES was no mere grubby excavator. An esteemed professor, he was also a looker who wore fedoras with élan. Among Americans looking to expend pent-up wanderlust and perhaps brag a little, the paleontological pastime of fossil hunting has become an increasingly popular Jonesian pursuit.
Press Releases
2020 INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX FILING EXTENSION
DOR
Mississippi will follow the federal extension to file the 2020 individual income tax returns from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021.
We Want Your Bird and Sturgeon Restoration Project Ideas
The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group is continuing restoration planning efforts to address injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
