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Study: Dispersants may have hurt Gulf food chain

Associated Press — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:57:14 +0000

A study on possible effects of the 2010 BP oil spill indicates dispersants may have killed plankton — some of the ocean’s tiniest plants and creatures — and disrupted the food chain in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the nation’s richest seafood grounds. Scientists who read the study said it points toward major future [...]

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Mayo rejoins Community Bank

MBJ Staff — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:01:30 +0000

Matt Mayo has rejoined Community Bank as senior vice president after spending the past four years in Birmingham, Ala., with a large regional bank. Mayo has more than 13 years of experience as a banker and returns to his hometown of Hattiesburg where he previously worked for Community Bank from 2005-2007. Mayo is a graduate [...]

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Dees named Mac’s Construction V.P.

MBJ Staff — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:52 +0000

Mac’s Construction Company Inc. has named Durward Dees as vice president of operations and business development. Dees comes from T.L. Wallace Construction, where he was the director of business development. Dees is a native of Mobile, Ala., and a 1974 graduate of University Military School in Mobile. Continuing his education at the University of South [...]

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Clinic adds Matthews

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:01:59 +0000

Pediatric Clinic, a service of Hattiesburg Clinic, recently welcomed Sarah K. Matthews, FNP. Matthews received a bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Southern Mississippi. She also completed a master’s in nursing at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. Matthews is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is a [...]

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Williams wins award

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:24:30 +0000

Dr. Janet Williams, R.N., Ph.D., dean of the Joseph and Nancy Fail School of Nursing at William Carey University, was recently awarded a 2011 Woman of Achievement Award in the education category by the Lighthouse Business and Professional Women organization. Lighthouse BPW represents successful women in every sector of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s business community, [...]

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Hood says college agreement is legal

Wally Northway — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:39:13 +0000

MGCCC president still hopes South Alabama comes to Gautier In yet another strange twist in the controversy surrounding an Alabama institution of higher learning looking to offer classes on a Mississippi community college campus, the Attorney General’s Office ruled that the agreement is legal — three days after the proposed partnership appeared dead. However, Attorney [...]

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Crossing the line

Wally Northway — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:01:31 +0000

Controversial Gulf Coast CC-University of South Alabama deal gets personal A proposal to have an out-of state institution of higher learning offer classes on a Mississippi campus has a community college president questioning a state senator’s ethics, that senator maintaining that he is only doing his job and two high-ranking state officials wondering how that got [...]

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