by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: Bok Homa Casino, Bryce Warren, Choctaw, Connie Deon, Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, finance, Geyser Falls Water Theme Park, Golden Moon Hotel & Casino, Isle of Capri Casino Lula, Lula, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Pearl River Resort, Philadelphia, Silver Star Hotel & Casino
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has hired Connie R. Deon as Pearl River Resort’s executive direct of finance. Deon has over 15 years of experience in finance. Most recently, she was the financial controller at Isle of Capri Casino in Lula.
Bryce Warren, the resort’s president/CEO, says Deon will assist in the planning, implementing, [...] [...]
Pearl River Resort has announced three new executives.
>> Bryce Warren was named president and CEO. He brings 30 years of gaming industry experience to his new position and amongst other management positions, has served as assistant general manager of Pearl River’s Silver Star Hotel and Casino, Choctaw; vice president and assistant general manager of Blue [...] [...]
Choctaws plan to open Bok Homa Dec. 20 come hell or high water
A policy brief released in August by Mississippi State University’s National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center says the slot casino the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will open in December could have negative social, economic and environmental effects on the Jones County [...] [...]
Group says Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians must pay for infrastructure improvements
The Coalition for Family and Community Values in Jones County has opposed from the beginning plans by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to build a slot-machine casino in Sandersville.
With that battle seemingly lost — the MBCI is expected to open the casino in [...] [...]
Choctaws look to build casino in Pine Belt
Gaming can be a polarizing issue. So when the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) announced earlier this month to build a casino near the tiny hamlet of Sandersville in Jones County, which has never had gaming, it was not surprising that a segment of the local population [...] [...]
CHOCTAW — Applied Geo Technologies (AGT) has received the George M. Low Award, NASA’s highest quality and performance honor, in the small business service category.
“NASA’s mission is AGT’s mission, and we will continue to strive to better what we do and how we serve our customer and our country in achieving the missions ahead,” said [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — Applied Geo Technologies (AGT) is the recipient of a John C. Stennis Space Center Contractor Excellence Award.
AGT, who first began work at Stennis Space Center in 2004, was selected for excellence in its work related to the Center’s laboratory services, including becoming the first resident agency at Stennis Space Center to receive [...] [...]
JACKSON — Phillip Martin, a longtime chief who helped pull the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians out of brutal poverty with two tribal casinos and other businesses, died Thursday night. He was 83.
Martin’s family was by his side when he passed away at 9:03 p.m. at a Jackson hospital, said his niece Natasha Phillips. The [...] [...]
JACKSON — Phillip Martin, the former longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has been hospitalized in Jackson.
His condition was not immediately available.
A member of the tribe referred questions to Martin’s daughter, who he said was at St. Dominic Hospital with the 84-year-old former chief.
Daughter Debbie Lewis told The Associated Press she would [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 7,2009
Tags: Arnie Williams, Courtland Gray, Cyndi Saia, Deirdre McGowan, Glenn Sigler, Jim McArthur, Joan Branson, Joe A. Waggoner, John Dean, John Hendrix, LandMart/Dean Realty, Liz Cleveland, Liza Looser, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Water Resources Association, O.A. Cleveland, Sylvia Stewart, Valerie Adams
John Hendrix, director of economic development for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has been installed as the 2010 Mississippi World Trade Center board president. Serving with Hendrix will be John Dean, LandMart/Dean Realty, as vice president and Dr. Deirdre McGowan, Mississippi Water Resources Association, as secretary/treasurer.
Other board members include: Valerie Adams, Trustmark National Bank; [...] [...]
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