City in DeSoto County buying its own airport

Memphis Business Journal
 
City in DeSoto County buying its own airport
 
By Jason Bolton
 
One of the busiest metro airports will be under a local city’s ownership, thanks to an FAA grant.
 
Olive Branch Airport was awarded $14.9 million in a recent round of Airport Improvement Program funding by...

Parker: 'We are Scenic Rivers'

McComb Enterprise-Journal
 
Parker: 'We are Scenic Rivers'
 
By Matt Williamson
 
The local hospital is Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. The local community college is Southwest Mississippi Community College. Numerous local businesses, nonprofits and government agencies have "Southwest...

US Lawmakers Urge Treasury Dept. to Cut Off Iran From SWIFT - Letter

Sputnik News
 
US Lawmakers Urge Treasury Dept. to Cut Off Iran From SWIFT - Letter
 
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A group of US senators is urging the Department of the Treasury to cut off Iran’s financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication US Senator Ted...

Olive Branch to buy airport after grant award

DeSoto Times-Tribune
 
Olive Branch to buy airport after grant award
 
By Bob Bakken
 
An effort that has been ongoing off and on for several years is about to become a reality.
 
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Thursday made a joint announcement of a $14.94...

States blast Trump administration coal plan, mull lawsuits

The Associated Press
 
States blast Trump administration coal plan, mull lawsuits
 
By Susan Haigh
 
HARTFORD, Conn. — States with a history of fighting air pollution generated by coal-fired power plants on Tuesday criticized a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to scale back federal...

$1M given to Gulfport small businesses

News Mississippi
 
$1M given to Gulfport small businesses
 
By Alex Paton
 
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1 million grant to the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District of Gulfport. The grant will help to recapitalize an existing...

Ingalls Shipbuilding graduates 110 apprentices into workforce

Mississippi Press
 
Ingalls Shipbuilding graduates 110 apprentices into workforce
 
By Warren Kulo
 
BILOXI, Mississippi -- Ingalls Shipbuilding celebrated the 2018 graduates of its apprentice program with commencement exercises at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Saturday.
 
U.S...