State
Garbage truck catches fire in Jackson neighborhood
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. — A garbage truck caught fire in a Jackson neighborhood.
Boaters face another summer of restrictions to keep invasive plant down
WAPT
Boaters in the Ross Barnett Reservoir will have to face another summer season of restrictions because of a dangerous invasive plant called the Giant Salvinia.
‘Right Way To Throw Away Day’ set for Forrest, Lamar counties
WDAM
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) _ Residents in Forrest and Lamar counties Saturday can dispose of toxic household items like old paints and cleaners to bulkier items like old tires, computers, and even refrigerators.
DeSoto County annual spring clean up set for April 17
DeSoto Times-Tribune
DeSoto County will be holding a Spring Cleanup Day on April 17.
Prole 2021: Mixing the new with the old and very old
Vicksburg Post
There’s a tunnel that runs under Vicksburg to the Mississippi River. No one knows exactly when it was built, but the best estimates put its construction at some time after the Civil War.
Residents anxiously await work on Belhaven Creek amid spring storms
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Storms like Friday’s raise fears among residents living in areas in the city prone to flash flooding.
Veteran’s Avenue pier proposal heading to court over dispute with local, state officials
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A proposal to build a pier, a lawsuit to prevent the pier, a vote for a lease to build the pier, and now a Temporary Restraining Order.
U.S. Department of Commerce investing $2,000,000 in South Mississippi tourism
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The tourism industry is set to get its own shot in the arm after COVID-19. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding $2,000,000 of CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant money to Coastal Mississippi.
Oil Spill
William Carey graduates 47 new pharmacists from accelerated program
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - William Carey University celebrated its first class of Pharmacy School graduates over the weekend. The 47 students earned their doctorate degrees in less than three years, thanks to an accelerated program.
Regional
New study estimates three times more Red Snapper in Gulf of Mexico
WVUE
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Red Snapper thrives in Gulf waters. In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists across the Gulf Coasts found an estimated 110 million Red Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, compared to previous federal estimates of 36 million.
600 manatee deaths in Florida raise concerns over sustainable habitat
The Hill
Environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of Florida’s waterways after the deaths of more than 600 manatees so far this year, three times the average rate.
Pioneering water pollution detection researchers work amid global water crises
WHNT
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – With a shortage of clean and safe drinking water impacting billions of people around the world, a research team at the University of Alabama Huntsville is pioneering a way to possibly revolutionize the way in which water pollution is detected.
National
Washington State Proposal Targets Boeing Plant’s Pollution
AP
EVERETT, WASH. (AP) — Boeing will spend millions of dollars and decades cleaning up pollutants that have seeped into the soil and groundwater beneath one of their plants in Washington state, a state-mandated draft proposal said.
Final settlements inked in poultry plant pollution lawsuits
AP
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Monday gave final approval to a $65 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving thousands of residents of a southern Delaware community affected by groundwater contamination from a local poultry processing facility.
Agricultural runoff puts Iowa's Raccoon River on list of 10 most endangered nationally, group says
Des Moines Register
Runoff from livestock facilities and farm fields poses a "grave threat" to the Raccoon River, a major drinking water source for 500,000 Des Moines metro residents, placing it among the nation's 10 most-endangered waterways for 2021, a new report says.
Clermont County couple ordered to pay $1.5M for illegally dumping waste in Goshen Township
Cincinnati Enquirer
A waste hauler in Clermont County has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties after an investigation by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost found he illegally dumped significant amounts of waste on his property in Goshen Township.
