by Associated Press Published: April 10,2012
Tags: bridges, congestion, Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association, county government, Four Seasons, highways, infrastructure, roadbuilders, roadbuilding, roads, state agency, state government, streets, traffic, transportation, travel
PEAR RIVER COUNTY — State transportation officials are to discuss the $10 million four-laning of U.S. 11 in a meeting this week with Pearl River County leaders. The Mississippi Department of Transportation has announced that the project will be delayed, raising questions from local officials. County Engineer Les Dungan tells the Picayune Item the project [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Harrison County supervisors have voted to create a regional marketing group to promote tourism on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Yesterday’s 4-1 vote follows months of discussion and meetings about the issue. The Legislature will have the ultimate authority to create the new organization. Supervisor Marlin Ladner was the lone vote against, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2012
Tags: construction, county government, disaster, disaster preparedness, hurricanes, natural disaster, severe weather, storm shelters, tropical weather, Weather
JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County’s three new emergency shelters won’t be ready before hurricane season begins. The Mississippi Press reports architect Walter “Buzzy” Bolton told supervisors yesterday the Hurley, Vancleave and St. Martin shelters will now likely be ready in July. A variety of construction delays have plagued the federally funded projects. The 10,000-square-foot shelters [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2012
Tags: bridges, construction, county government, infrastructure, repairs, replacement, roadbuilders, roadbuilding, supervisor, supervisors, traffic, transportation
MCCOMB — A Pike County supervisor wants a second opinion on whether the county really needs $5 million worth of bridge repairs and replacements. The Board of Supervisors will first meet with the engineering firm that prepared a report saying three bridges need replacement and one needs repairs, The Enterprise-Journal reported. The board agreed in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, biofuels, board of supervisors, construction, county government, economic development, energy, foresters, forestry, forests, fuels, infrastructure, jobs, levee, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, refineries, renewable energy, site work, supervisors, wood
ADAMS COUNTY — Adams County will spend $5.1 million to put up a levee at the industrial site where a biofuels company intends to locate. Biofuels company KiOR said Monday it would locate its second Mississippi production facility in Natchez, a move that will create 300 jobs. The facility will be built on a 120-acre [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2012
Tags: agriculture, bill, builders, building, chambers of commerce, contractors, county government, executive, farmers, farms, foreign workers, gorwers, governor, illegal immigrants, illegal workers, immigrants, immigration, law, law enfocement, law enforcement, lawmakers, legislative, legislators, Legislature, municipal government, municipalities, police, producers, sheriff, supervisors, workers
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said he doesn’t understand some of the opposition that’s developed to an immigration-enforcement bill, particularly from businesses that say they don’t hire illegal immigrants, anyway. “If they’re not hiring illegal immigrants I am baffled as to why they think this law would be detrimental to their work,” Bryant told reporters [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 27,2012
Tags: capital investment, county government, economic development, employment, expansion, incentives, jobs, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, production, state agency, workers
CLARKSDALE — Saf-T-Cart, manufacturer of steel welding carts and storage products for various commercial and industrial applications, is expanding its operations in Clarksdale in order to accommodate an increase in production, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). The project represents a company investment of $240,000 and will create 20 new jobs. The company currently [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: bill, cities, county government, foreign workers, illegal immigrants, immigrants, immigration, law, law enforcement, lawmakers, municipal government, municipalities, police, sheriff, state government, supervisors, towns, trade associations, workers
JACKSON — Four influential groups in Mississippi say they’re opposing an immigration enforcement bill because of unanswered questions about how it would affect police agencies and local government. The Associated Press obtained a letter sent to senators yesterday by the heads of the Mississippi Municipal League and the associations of sheriffs, police chiefs and county [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — An audit shows Natchez Regional Medical Center was doing better off financially in 2011 than it was in 2010. NRMC CFO Charles Mock presented the Adams County Board of Supervisors yesterday with the hospital’s financial audit for the fiscal year ending Sept. 20, 2011. After the meeting, Mock told The Natchez Democrat the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county government, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, hurricanes, loans, natural disaster, severe weather, storm surge, supervisors, tropical weather, Weather
JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County supervisors are hoping that by changing the way the county assessed its Hurricane Katrina financial damage, it will succeed in having its FEMA loan forgiven. FEMA offered the county up to $14 million after the storm as part of a special Community Disaster Loan. The county borrowed closer to $10 [...] [...]
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