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Latham returning as MEMA executive director

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:45:56 +0000

PEARL — Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Robert R. Latham Jr. as the new Mississippi Emergency Management Agency executive director following the retirement of former director Mike Womack. This is Latham’s second time as MEMA executive director. He led from February 2000 through July 2006, including during Hurricane Katrina. “This is a tremendous opportunity to [...]

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Womack steps in as NEMA V.P.

MBJ Staff — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:21 +0000

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Mike Womack has been named the interim vice president of the National Emergency Management Association. Washington Division of Emergency Management director and current NEMA president Jim Mullen asked Womack to take over the role. His term as vice president will run through Oct. 2012. Womack has been the MEMA director [...]

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Eco-Cottage, sweet Eco-Cottage

Wally Northway — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:00:29 +0000

First of-its-kind energy-efficient home nearly complete The Mississippi community most impacted by Hurricane Katrina and with the greatest need for available housing now is offering a new storm-resistant design that will also reduce residents’ energy bills. Last month, construction began on the first Eco-Cottage in the Seal Pointe neighborhood in Bay St. Louis. The three-bedroom, [...]

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No funds available

Clay Chandler — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:00:04 +0000

Yazoo City’s businesses did not qualify for low-interest U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans after late November’s tornado tore through downtown. After a second damage assessment in late December, they still did not qualify. “I’m not surprised,” said Henry Cote, president of the Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce. “I figured that was the way it [...]

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Searching begins in Yazoo City

Associated Press — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:57:19 +0000

YAZOO CITY — Rescuers stood ready Sunday to comb neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed 10 people, including three children.James Jackson, a deputy state fire marshal, said crews took a break overnight but were organizing at first daylight to resume [...]

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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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County joins NFIP

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:06:11 +0000

Choctaw County — Choctaw County has joined the 303 Mississippi communities allowed to purchase federally backed flood insurance, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) reports. The availability of the flood insurance follows the community’s adoption and enforcement of ordinances to reduce flood losses and acceptance by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Residents of Choctaw [...]

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