by MBJ Staff Published: October 2,2011
The Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently held its annual awards ceremony to recognize some of the outstanding employees who excelled and demonstrated leadership qualities on projects throughout the district and the nation. Recipients were presented the awards by Col. Jeff Eckstein, Commander of the Vicksburg District. Award categories and recipients [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: September 13,2011
Tags: agriculture, banking and finance, Baxter Laboratories, Bolivar County, Calisolar, CLEVELAND, Coahoma County, construction, Delta Revitalization Task Force, DeSoto County, education, employment, environment, federal government, Greenville, Greenville Bridge, HCL Cleantech, healthcare, higher education, House Bill 1034, Issaquena County, jobs, KIOR, Leflore County, manufacturing, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Delta, municipal government, oil spill, publicly traded company, real estate, retail, Riverbend Crossing, Sharkey County, Soladigm, state agency, Stion, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, tourism, Twin Creeks, unemployment, utilities, VICKSBURG, Washington County, Weather
The Mississippi Delta continues to flounder as unemployment figures average around 18 percent for the 12 counties between Vicksburg and Memphis. Yet, there have been many jobs announcements in the years of the Barbour administration, but very few have had anything to do with the Mississippi Delta. In this latest barrage of economic development announcements, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 11,2011
Tags: Ben S. Caldwell, engineering, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
The Vicksburg District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has named Ben S. Caldwell as chief of the Levee and Drainage Section, Engineering and Construction Division. He will be responsible for the overall management of design, documentation development and preparation of plans and specifications involving levee work. He will also oversee tributary drainage [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 11,2011
Tags: engineering, Keith Flowers, Ryan Hoben, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
Keith Flowers and Ryan Hoben, both engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, recently returned from a temporary deployment assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Alabama with the removal of storm debris. Both served as a quality assurance monitor and assisted with debris removal from the right-of-way on roads and [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 21,2011
Tags: American Queen, Bill Seratt, Delta Queen, Mississippi River, Steamboat, VICKSBURG, Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau
In 2008 when the historic steamboat Delta Queen discontinued Mississippi River tours, communities up and down the river not only lost a piece of cultural history, they also lost an important tourism asset. Thus, the state’s Mississippi River communities, still reeling from the recent flood, are all smiles with the announcement this month that the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 14,2011
Tags: Billy Samuels, Enid Lake, VICKSBURG
Billy Samuels, resource manager at Vicksburg District’s Enid Lake, has been selected as the 2011 Federal Land Manager of the Year for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The award is given annually as part of the Department of the Interior “Take Pride in America” program, a nationwide partnership authorized by Congress to promote the [...] [...]
The first week of May, business owners along Vicksburg’s Washington Street corridor were preparing for the Mississippi River to unleash a flood the likes of which the city hadn’t seen since 1927. They were also preparing for a slow-to-non-existent summer tourist season. Nearly three months later, the water has receded, and the bulk of the [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: May 22,2011
Tags: flood, Mississippi River, VICKSBURG
It is an ironic twist — officials in Vicksburg have been waging a campaign to offset media reports of the historic 2011 flood of the Mississippi River that they feel painted an unclear picture of the situation and scared off visitors as the crest approached. Now, they are concerned that with the passing of the [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: May 9,2011
Tags: 2011 flood, Mississippi River, VICKSBURG
JACKSON- Businesses in downtown Vicksburg are still open for business even as the Mississippi River continues to inch higher. [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 29,2011
Tags: Austin Golding, Flood of 1927, Mississippi River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
If your livelihood depends on safely navigating the Mississippi River, there are numbers that have nothing to do with revenue and expenses that can chill you to the bone. If you’re Austin Golding, that number is 51. Fifty-one feet is as high as the River’s water level at the Vicksburg flood gauge can go before [...] [...]
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