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Gaming officials concerned over falling Tunica casino revenues

Frank Brown — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:32:53 +0000

When Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill recently creating the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, John Hairston saw the occasion as more than a tourism bill for three coast counties. For the chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, it is both a step in reviving the Tunica County casino and a pre-emptive [...]

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Report: Levees prevented $234 billion in damages in 2011 flood

Clay Chandler — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:19:23 +0000

The levees along the Mississippi River and its backwater tributaries generally did what they were supposed to do during the 2011 flood. In the process, the levees prevented $234 billion in damages. Those were two major takeaways from a pair of documents the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released last [...]

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Rainfall, snow melts improve outlook for Mississippi River navigation

Ted Carter — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:01:17 +0000

Recent sustained rains and melting snow across the Mississippi Valley will ensure continuing navigation on the Mississippi River through mid-February, even if no additional rain falls between now and Feb. 15, the Army Corps of Engineers says. The period from Jan. 9-13 saw three-eighths inches of rain, with 10+ inches locally, over the Ohio River [...]

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Water, water … nowhere: Dropping Mississippi River raises concerns

MBJ Staff — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:02:36 +0000

One year removed from a massive, historic flood, the Mississippi River has dominated headlines in 2012 as it falls to near record lows, threatening navigation and devastating economic losses. Usually fed by rain and snowmelt in the spring, the Father of Rivers began to fall as drought gripped a large portion of the U.S. By [...]

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Read December 28 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:44:38 +0000

>> OUR TOP STORIES OF 2012 Hurricane Isaac, the Mississippi River, Republicans, GreenTech Automotive and “high gravity” legislation were some of the biggest stories of the year Also in this week’s paper: >> MORE TOP STORIES MPC coal plant awaits court ruling, Twin Creeks falls through, remembering Mayor Chuck Jordan >> MBJ-TV Glen Campbell, Mitt [...]

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Oyster harvesting underway

Lisa Monti — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:35:45 +0000

State regulators opened oyster season Nov. 5, a bit later than normal this year with a fair amount of caution after Mississippi River flooding last year kept the season to a paltry six days of tonging only. The season normally runs from October through April, even beyond with ideal conditions. This year the Department of [...]

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Historically low river at Greenville likely to drop farther with Mo. River impoundment

Ted Carter — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:55:13 +0000

In more normal years, Port of Greenville director Tommy Hart would have paid little attention to the Army Corps of Engineer’s slowdown of water from the Missouri River at its junction with the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. But like the year before, 2012 has not been a normal one on the Mississippi. [...]

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Turbine project being eyed for Natchez

Clay Chandler — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:28 +0000

A Boston company is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant it a permit to study the feasibility of placing electricity-generating turbines in the St. Catherine Bend of the Mississippi River near Natchez. St. Catherine is part of a grouping of hydro-kinetic projects that Free Flow Power has been developing along the Mississippi River [...]

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Cashing in on drought

Ted Carter — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:01:12 +0000

The rains of early June and in the days that followed the Fourth of July appear to have ensured a highly prosperous year for Mississippi’s corn and soybean growers. August rains have helped, as well, said John Michael Riley, an agriculture economist with Mississippi State University. That the rains came as drought stunted or killed [...]

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Tunica on track after 2011 flood, seeing major increases in activity

Becky Gillette — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:01:15 +0000

After the massive flooding of the Mississippi River in 2011, Tunica took a big hit in tourism, conventions and meeting activity. Even after the flooding was over and everything reopened, things were still slower than normal. “The national media said Tunica attractions were closed because of the flood,” said Bill Canter, director of marketing and [...]

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