by MBJ Staff Published: March 20,2013
Tags: application, athlete, athletics, boxer, boxing, combatant sports, commission, computer, fighting, martial arts, mixed martial arts, online, sports, technology
JACKSON — The Mississippi Athletic Commission recently released online applications for sports licenses and event permits. It is the first-ever online service launched by the Commission. “These convenient online services enable citizens to securely purchase a license or an event permit in a few quick and easy steps,” said Jon Lewis, Mississippi Athletic Commission chairman. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 29,2012
Tags: application, committee, deadline, education, educator, executive, executive search, headhunt, headhunter, headhunting, higher education, nomination, public university, seach, state agency, university
CLEVELAND and HATTIESBURG — The board search committees leading the searches for the next presidents of Delta State University and the University of Southern Mississippi have extended the best consideration deadlines for applications and nominations for the positions, according to the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The best consideration deadline for the University of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: application, ecosystem, electric, energy, environmewnt, federal agency, hydroelectric, power, river, study, sustainable energy, turbine, water, waterflow, wilflife
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A company continues to study the feasibility of putting power-generating turbines in the Mississippi River. Free Flow Power, a Boston-based company, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a preliminary permit to study the feasibility of a hydropower project near Concordia Parish, La. Daniel Lissner with Free Flow [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: animal, application, city, deer, government, homeowner, hunt, hunter, hunting, municipal, municipality, permit, white tail deer, wildlife, wildlife control
OXFORD — Officials are trying to control the local deer population, and they’re urging homeowners to let certified bow hunters harvest deer from their property. Emergency management coordinator Jimmy Allgood tells The Oxford Eagle he has all the hunters he needs. But for the program to be effective, he needs homeowners to sign up. Allgood [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 27,2012
Tags: application, distribution, electric, electricity, energy, federal agency, government regulation, line, merger, power, regulation, regulator, regulatory, spin-off, transmission, utility
NEW ORLEANS — ITC Holdings Corp. and Entergy Corporation have filed a joint application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking approval for Entergy’s utility operating companies to spin off and merge their electric transmission businesses into a subsidiary of ITC. Upon closing of the transaction, ITC will become one of the largest electric [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Warren Paving Inc. has filed an application with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) requesting permission to conduct regulated activities under the provision of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law Act, Title 49, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972. Warren is proposing to carry out construction activities to support barge loading/unloading and shoreline [...] [...]