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Deer Creek restocked with fish

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:16:29 +0000

LELAND — State wildlife officials have restocked Deer Creek near Leland with bluegill fish. Leland Mayor James Lowe says the creek’s fish population had dwindled during the summer when the creek reached near record low levels. Lowe says a fish kill last year also depleted the number of fish in the creek. Ronnie Yarbrough, the [...]

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Pippins named warden

MBJ Staff — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:51:30 +0000

Mary L. Pippins has been appointed warden of the regional jail in Washington County. Pippins takes over from sheriff’s department Maj. Percy Miles, who was named interim warden in September. Former warden Alma Harris resigned on Aug. 31. Harris was the first warden of the jail, which opened in September 2011. Pippins has nearly 25 [...]

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A look back at Greenville squatting attempts

Ted Carter — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:03 +0000

Greenville real estate broker Dottie Collins is still astonished at the boldness of a band of would-be squatters who last fall tacked a proclamation of ownership to the door of a Tampa Road house she was selling. It was not as though being in the home-selling business in the Delta didn’t already have sufficient challenges. [...]

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Greenville & Washington County mean business in outdoor promotion

John Woods — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:01:12 +0000

Any astute economist at the local and state level realizes the value of the revenue generated by outdoors recreation. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, water sports, canoeing, birding, nature photography, eco-tourism, ag-tourism and all the other related outdoors recreation is a huge money producer for the State of Mississippi. I have heard this value calculated at [...]

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Ag researcher sees good times ahead for farmers

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:48 +0000

He has the same name as a famous comedian and even though he’s serious about the work he does, Mississippi’s Steve Martin can be humorous too. He serves as the head of the Delta Research & Extension Center and extension professor at the Mississippi State University facility in Stoneville. His areas of research include production [...]

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Corps takes stock of needed flood-protection repairs

Ted Carter — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:58 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers says it will begin notifying communities along the Mississippi River this month whether damage from last year’s historic flood poses a further threat should the river reach flood levels again this year. The corps has been doing assessments in recent months of damages to levees, structures and navigation channels, said [...]

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MBJ Editorial: Mississippi Delta worse off after eight years of Gov. Barbour

Ross Reily — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:38:17 +0000

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, [...]

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Voters to decide hotel tax to fund sportsplex

Clay Chandler — Sun, 01 May 2011 06:01:53 +0000

GREENVILLE — Washington County voters will be asked Nov. 2 to approve a 2 percent tax on hotels and motels to support construction of a multipurpose sports complex. The sportsplex would be located on 95 acres next to the Washington County Convention Center. Lawmakers approved the tax this year. County supervisors last week approved levying [...]

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