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City spends triple the budget on auditorium upkeep

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:56:10 +0000

NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez has spent three times what it has budgeted for maintenance at the City Auditorium for the fiscal year, and Mayor Butch Brown says more will have to be spent before the end of the year. Brown told the city’s board of aldermen the air conditioning units have for several [...]

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Ground broken for public transit maintenance facility

MBJ Staff — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:35:24 +0000

CHOCTAW — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) and the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) have broken ground for the Choctaw Regional Maintenance Facility. The 13,960-square-foot comprehensive regional maintenance center will be constructed by the tribe on tribal lands. The facility will provide services for tribally owned transit vehicle, tribal fleet vehicles and other [...]

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Railcar repair facility coming, bringing 40 new jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:24:30 +0000

BROOKHAVEN — American Railcar Industries will locate a railcar repair facility in Brookhaven and bring in as many as 40 new jobs, according to a published report. The Daily Leader reports the formal announcement was coming today from Gov. Phil Bryant and company and local officials. The newspaper reports recent public notices say Brookhaven will [...]

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Mat Sinking Unit docks after long, extended season

MBJ Staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:25:49 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s (Corps) Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), has completed an extended mat-sinking season. This revetment season included a larger than normal program with critical repairs being made to sites damaged as a result of the 2011 historic flood. During this longer, eight-month, revetment season, the MSU placed [...]

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Motorists might pay more at the gas pump

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:48:12 +0000

JACKSON — A top lawmaker says Mississippi needs to increase its gasoline tax to pay for highway and bridge maintenance, but he concedes there’s little chance of it happening this year. House Transportation Committee Chairman Robert Johnson said 40 percent of Mississippi’s major roads and 28 percent of its highways are in poor or mediocre [...]

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L-3 Vertex wins U.S. Army aviation contract

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:53:17 +0000

MADISON — A Madison, Miss., company has a $48.2 million Army contract for aviation maintenance. A Pentagon news release said L-3 Vertex Aerospace LLC is to do the work by July 28 in Savannah, Ga.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; and Fort Campbell, Ky. The statement says the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., solicited [...]

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California company chooses Bomgar solution

MBJ Staff — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:59:46 +0000

JACKSON — Kaiser Permanente is using Bomgar’s remote support solution to provide technology support to employees across the country. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans, serving more than nine million members. In addition to its health plan, the organization operates 37 hospitals, more than 600 medical offices [...]

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Choctaws to break ground on vehicle maintenance facility

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:19:20 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is scheduled to break ground tomorrow for a vehicle maintenance facility to serve the East Mississippi area. Tribal Chief Phyliss J. Anderson and Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall are scheduled to speak at the event. Officials say once complete, the Choctaw Transit Authority could provide services [...]

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Company wins contract to service Air Force jets

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:07:20 +0000

MADISON and COLUMBUS — The Air Force has signed a contract with a new company to maintain the jets at Columbus Air Force Base. Aircraft maintenance will be handled by L-3 Vertex of Madison starting in December. The new vendor is taking over from DynCorp International, which had the maintenance contract for seven years. DynCorp [...]

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County borrowing money for multiple bridge repair projects

Associated Press — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:42:04 +0000

MCCOMB — Pike County will borrow $5.5 million to work on local bridges. The Enterprise-Journal reports supervisors acted this past week after agreeing to advertise for bids to replace the bridge over the Tangipahoa River at Chatawa, work that will be paid for by bond funds. Keith Lott of Neel-Schaffer engineering firm said the expected [...]

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