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State agency continues to lose top executives

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:26:41 +0000

BILOXI — Another top official at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has announced he’s leaving. The Sun Herald reports Danny Guice, who had been interim director of the agency after DMR executive director Bill Walker was fired in January, announced to the staff last week he would be retiring, effective June 30. The agency [...]

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Governor’s nominee for DMR chief confirmed by Senate

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:56 +0000

BILOXI — Senators have confirmed Jamie Miller of Gulfport as executive director of the Biloxi-based Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee members on Wednesday quizzed Miller about how he’ll manage the agency that has had financial problems in recent months. The agency’s former executive director, Bill Walker of Ocean Springs, [...]

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State enacts new law to help military people find work

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:48:42 +0000

JACKSON — A new Mississippi law could help veterans and spouses of active-duty military people find jobs. Gov. Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2419, and it becomes law July 1. It says state boards can issue a temporary or permanent license to someone transferred to Mississippi because of a spouse’s military job, if the person [...]

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FAA grounds state agency’s toy helicopter

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:40:08 +0000

BILOXI — A toy helicopter the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources planned to use to fly over marshland to monitor invasive species has been grounded. The Federal Aviation Administration said its regulations for a toy helicopter under such circumstances are the same as those for a military predator drone. MDMR’s project manager Mike Pursley told [...]

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Interim agency director cannot account for $4M

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:13:50 +0000

BILOXI — The interim director of the state Department of Marine Resources says he cannot account for about $4 million in state Tidelands money spent over the past decade. But Danny Guice told the Sun Herald he is not calling the money missing. He said it appears the money was spent on projects. “I’ve never [...]

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MDEQ freezes city’s grant as probe at DMR continues

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:57:48 +0000

D’IBERVILLE — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has frozen a $3 million grant to see how D’Iberville is using the money. MDEQ spokesman Robbie Wilbur tells The Sun Herald the order was issued Jan. 28. The grant was for work at the Ocean Expo Aquarium. There may be concerns about a conflict of interest. [...]

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Commission to discuss finding new agency director

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:50:15 +0000

BILOXI — The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss the search for a new agency director. The commission fired Bill Walker Jan. 15 as executive director of the Department of Marine Resources. Walker, who was appointed head of the MDMR in 2002 by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, has come under [...]

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Report shows potential conflict of interest at DMR

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:48:45 +0000

BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has spent more than $1.4 million in public money on two recreational fishing boats leased from a foundation managed by the agency’s director. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi Marine Resources Foundation supplies DMR with a 36-foot Topaz open fisherman and a 42-foot Californian convertible. Paid for [...]

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Shipbuilder starts construction on expansion; adding 400 jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:08:15 +0000

PASCAGOULA — VT Halter Marine has started construction on a new multimillion-dollar ship repair facility at the company’s Pascagoula yard. Gov. Phil Bryant and company officials say the expansion at the Bayou Casotte shipyard will create 400 new jobs. The company has three ship construction facilities, all located in Mississippi, with one facility in Pascagoula [...]

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Retiring DMR exec to turn over some duties to new deputy

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:09:17 +0000

BILOXI — Mississippi Department of Marine Resources executive director Bill Walker says new deputy director Danny Guice will take over some of his responsibilities as Walker prepares to retire. Walker told the Sun Herald he plans to retire by June of 2013. Gov. Phil Bryant would name his successor. “What the governor needs is someone [...]

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