State
Subdivision’s trash pickup site turns into community dumpsite to residents’ dismay
WLOX
STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - A garbage pickup site in Stone County is turning into a neighborhood dumpsite. Many of the residents who live in the Beaver Dam Crossing subdivision are upset they have to wake up to the view and smell of trash.
Sun Herald
South Mississippi will see $55 million invested in projects that will bring new boat piers, improve water and sewer service, help grow oysters and repair parks across the three Coast counties.
Sewer pipe leaves massive street hole in Stonewall
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - A sewage pipe burst on Ponderosa Avenue in Stonewall.
The city had to close the road due to repairs and a large hole that’s been left for the last few days.
New Biloxi public boat launch in the works
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The new West Biloxi Boardwalk extension has been complete since November. Next week, county and city officials will celebrate with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Lake Mars Pier now partially open
WLOX
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - Progress is being made on the Lake Mars Pier, which is now partially open to the public. It’s progress that Ocean Springs resident Ray Broussard believes will attract more boaters to return to Lake Mars.
Oil search moves to NW Pike
Enterprise-Journal
Pike County supervisors authorized an oil exploration company to expand its activities into the northwest part of the county Monday.
Prescribed burn scheduled for 550 acres in Wayne County
WDAM
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) _ The United States Forest Service’s Chickasawhay Ranger District will be conducting Monday a prescribed burn in Wayne County.
Salmonella outbreak linked to songbirds reported in 8 states, including Mississippi
Clarion Ledger
One Mississippian is among the 19 people in eight different states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified as falling ill with Salmonella linked to wild songbirds.
$91.2 million to aid in broadband expansion in northeast Mississippi
WTVA
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Thousands of people throughout north Mississippi will soon have access to high-speed internet service. This is possible thanks to $91.2 million in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to nine local power providers.
Judge rules in favor of Olive Branch annexation
WMC
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (WMC) - A judge has ruled in favor of Olive Branch in the push to annex dozens of miles of unincorporated DeSoto County.
Oil Spill
Work progresses off Terrebonne on state's biggest barrier island restoration project
Houma Courier
About 20 miles southeast of Cocodrie, bulldozers are working on the state's largest-ever project to restore barrier islands that protect inland communities from Gulf of Mexico storms.
Regional
Piney Point crisis: 100 million gallons of water to be pumped out of failing reservoir each day
WFLA
National
Court tosses Trump rule limiting emissions regulations
The Hill
A panel of federal appeals judges Washington, D.C., on Monday nixed a Trump administration rule that would have prevented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from setting greenhouse gas limits on multiple polluting industries.
Study: Sewer samples signal pending rise or fall in COVID-19
AP
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno say they have developed a model that helps predict if confirmed COVID-19 cases in a local community will significantly rise or fall in the week ahead.
Farmers File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Big Ag Companies
AP
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban e-commerce sales in order to keep prices artificially high.
Press Releases
USDA Announces Expansion of DamWatch® to Serve Forest Service Dams
Jackson, Mississippi April 5, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has entered into an interagency agreement with the Forest Service to add up to 600 of its dams to NRCS’s Nationwide DamWatch® system, including 1,648 dams in Mississippi.
