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FAA spending cuts has airport towers closing next month

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:42:59 +0000

AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Seven air traffic control towers in Mississippi are among 173 scheduled to be closed nationwide in early April, as the Federal Aviation Administration shuts off funding for those services. The shutdowns are part of the FAA’s move to reduce spending by $600 million under automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration. They [...]

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Alternative fuels company ending all R&D, selling land

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:42:42 +0000

NATCHEZ — Rentech Inc. says it plans to mothball its alternative-energy product demonstration facility in Commerce City, Colo., and end all related research and development activities, which will mean cutting 65 employee and contractor positions by mid-year. CEO D. Hunt Ramsbottom says the company intends to focus instead on opportunities for more immediate profitability. Rentech [...]

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William Carey closing New Orleans campus after four decades

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:57:05 +0000

HATTIESBURG — William Carey University is closing its New Orleans campus. University President Tommy King tells the Hattiesburg American enrollment in the school’s nursing program has not come back since Hurricane Katrina. Since the late 1980s, the nursing program has resided on the campus of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Barbara Hamilton, executive assistant [...]

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USPS closing processing center, relocating to Memphis

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:41:01 +0000

TUPELO — The mail processing center is closing this week in Tupelo, and the workload is being transferred to Memphis. The move is a part of the U.S. Postal Service’s effort to right its business model by consolidating processing centers. USPS spokeswoman Enola Rice tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal no one should notice a [...]

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River stage forces closure of waters to oystermen

MBJ Staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:02:47 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has closed Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters, Area II “B” Conditionally Approved Waters and Area II “D” Conditionally Approved Waters to the harvest of oysters due to the Pearl River stage exceeding the 10-foot management plan criteria for these areas. This includes: • [...]

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State plans to demand refund from Handy Hardware

Associated Press — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:35:29 +0000

Handy Hardware, a Texas-based hardware store cooperative, plans to close its two-year-old Meridian warehouse on Dec. 31, laying off 109 workers. The Mississippi Business Journal earlier reported the facility was closing after receiving a release from the Office of Mayor in Meridian. Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Dan Turner said the state contributed a $3.6 million [...]

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Apparel company now says it will layoff workers, not close plants

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:08:13 +0000

COLUMBUS — An apparel company that’s losing a military contract to the federal prison system says it plans to lay off 50 workers in Alabama and Mississippi rather than idling two plants. American Power Source Inc. says the layoffs in Fayette, Ala., and Columbus are due to the government’s decision to shift an Air Force [...]

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FSA office that serves about 3,000 farmers to close

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:00:53 +0000

FULTON — Itawamba County’s branch of the Farm Service Agency will close Sept. 7. Itawamba County FSA head Johnny Guntharp tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he expects many of the farmers to relocate files to the Tupelo office. In May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would close 125 FSA offices nationwide. Mississippi [...]

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ABC-affiliated TV station shutting down this month

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:24:00 +0000

SALTILLO — A northeast Mississippi television station is going off the air at the end of the month. WTVA-TV reports WKDH-TV, the ABC station, is going off the air. WKDH’s owner, Southern Broadcasting, says it will end broadcasting at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31 after more than a decade on the air. ABC plans to continue [...]

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Huntington Ingalls CEO: Avondale on track to close in 2013

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:33:28 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — The head of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. says the company is still on track to close its Avondale shipyard in Louisiana in 2013. During a conference call today with investment analysts, company CEO Mike Petters indicated Huntington Ingalls is still open to find a joint venture partner to find a new use [...]

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