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Army Corps of Engineers: Backwater levees must be raised or face de-certification

Ted Carter — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:06:59 +0000

The Mississippi Delta may finally be drying out after an historic flood inundated 200 square miles of the region last spring. But the flood left behind a giant-sized worry for the region — the prospect of de-certification of the Yazoo Backwater Levee. Federal officials say the recent flooding showed the 27-mile long flood protection berm [...]

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Post-Katrina funds bring wealth of public buildings to the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Lynn Lofton — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:10:29 +0000

There are many vacant lots on the Coast’s post-Katrina landscape where homes, businesses and churches once stood. However, a number of public facilities have been constructed to replace those lost in the 2005 hurricane. A combination of funds through the Mississippi Development Authority, federal Community Development Block Grants, FEMA and insurance proceeds were used to [...]

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HOME GROWN ONLY PLEASE — Merchant with a mission sells only products made in America

Becky Gillette — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:01:21 +0000

OCEAN SPRINGS – Lynne Bassier and her husband, Joel Bassier, emigrated from South Africa to the U.S. in 2000, bringing only two suitcases each with them at the time. And although Mrs. Bassier wasn’t born in the U.S., this is a merchant with a mission to help employment and the economy of the country she [...]

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Attorneys plan appeal of FEMA trailer ruling

Associated Press — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:11:54 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Plaintiffs’ attorneys plan to appeal a judge’s dismissal of claims against the federal government by Mississippi storm victims who say they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in FEMA trailers after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ruled last month that a Mississippi law shields the federal government from [...]

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Cochran: More cooperation needed for flood maps

Wally Northway — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:29:35 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is stressing the need for federal agencies to be more cooperative in dealing with Mississippi communities affected by an ongoing process to update flood maps. Mississippi’s senior senator also welcomed a decision to try to establish arbitration panels to resolve disputes. Cochran was among the lawmakers who met with [...]

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Resolving Katrina overpayments could take a year

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:35:19 +0000

PEARL — The director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) says all entities that may have been overpaid Hurricane Katrina grant money have been contacted, but he says it could take up to a year to resolve the issue. A March audit from the Inspector General’s Office of the Department of Homeland Security said [...]

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Jury deliberating FEMA trailer case

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:59:28 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury yesterday rejected a New Orleans man’s claims that government contractors provided him with a trailer after Hurricane Katrina that exposed him to dangerous fumes, dealing another blow to those suing the trailer makers. Eight jurors unanimously decided that a trailer made by Forest River Inc. of Goshen, Ind., and [...]

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Thompson opposes FEMA trailer sale

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:59:12 +0000

JACKSON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was asked today to block the distribution of tens of thousands of FEMA trailers sold through government auctions. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a letter to Holder today that flooding the market with more than 100,000 units produced for [...]

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City facing disaster loan payback

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:38:10 +0000

D’IBERVILLE — The city’s success since Hurricane Katrina could mean D’Iberville will have to repay all or part of a $1.6-million federal disaster loan. City Manager Michael Janus told the Council March 2 that the loan may not be forgiven because the city has seen revenue climb since Hurricane Katrina. Loans totaling more than $1.2 [...]

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FEMA grant repays more than $1 million to MEMA

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:28:20 +0000

PEARL — A $1.55-million federal grant has been approved to reimburse the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) for emergency service costs incurred after Hurricane Katrina. The decision was announced in a joint release from Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in consultation with congressional appropriations committees, has [...]

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