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Deadline approaching to apply for drought-related assistance

MBJ Staff — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:01:09 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that May 13 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans. These loans are available in Alcorn, Benton and Tippah counties in as a result [...]

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Deadline approaching for drought-related aid from SBA

MBJ Staff — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:41:35 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that April 29 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Tate, Tippah, Union and Yalobusha counties [...]

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Deadlines approaching for disaster recovery assistance

MBJ Staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:26:22 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U. S. Small Business Administration reports it has approved over $1 million in Disaster Assistance Loans for residents and businesses in South Mississippi affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding Feb. 10-22. The deadline to file an SBA disaster loan application for physical damage is April 15. “Currently 15 disaster [...]

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Deadline approaching for SBA disaster recovery assistance

MBJ Staff — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:26:31 +0000

MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that April 8 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Mississippi as a result of the drought that began on July 31, [...]

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SBA assistance deadline nears for drought victims

MBJ Staff — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:35:48 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that April 1 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans as a result of the drought that began on Aug. 1, 2012. The SBA’s [...]

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Removal of rock pinnacles in dropping river progressing slowly

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:58:23 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Crews scooping out Mississippi River bedrock in southern Illinois are making steady progress but have removed just a fraction of the rock pinnacles that are impeding navigation along a stretch of the drought-plagued waterway, an Army Corps of Engineers official said. Excavating machinery had chiseled away 39 cubic yards of rock by [...]

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Leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ about navigation on dropping river

MBJ Staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:33:39 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division commander Maj. Gen. John Peabody and St. Louis District commander Col. Chris Hall met with state and local representatives yesterday in Alton, Ill., to discuss current and future actions the Corps will take to maintain a safe and reliable navigation channel during low [...]

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Corps releasing water from lake to raise falling river

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:09:33 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Amid strong concerns about the declining level of the already low Mississippi River, the Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from an Illinois lake to add to the flow of the Mississippi. Last Saturday, Corps of Engineers officials began releasing water at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, saying the additional water [...]

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Governor wants bill to force Corps to release water into river

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:53:25 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is urging U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to sponsor legislation that would force the Army Corps of Engineers to release water from dams on the Missouri River to raise the water level on the Mississippi River, where drought conditions could soon halt barge traffic. Beshear, a Democrat, [...]

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River not dropping as fast as expected, but concerns remain

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:06:20 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A revised Mississippi River forecast is offering a bit of a reprieve for shippers, showing the water level isn’t dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing their loads over concerns about the river’s depth. Months of drought have left the Mississippi near historic low [...]

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