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Water and emergency management leaders are keeping a close eye on some rivers and bayous as they approach record levels. Greg Raimondo with the Army...
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Army Corps projects receive more in federal funding
by Sarah Ulmer
Sen. Thad Cochran announced Wednesday that the Senate Committee on Appropriations will allocate an additional $67.5 million in FY2017 funding to the Army Corps of...
Sardis Lake Celebrates 75 Years As Recreational Hot Spot and Flood Protection Necessity
by kim
Rick Mize and staff at News Mississippi affiliate WTNM in Oxford contributed to this story SARDIS LAKE, Miss.–For 75 years Sardis Lake has protected the...
Your Water on Your Property: Wicker Votes to Make EPA Make a New Rule
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Many people in Mississippi who own property have been concerned about the possibility that the Environmental Protection Agency would be able to regulate your...
Cochran: Federal Budget Skips Miss. Flood Projects, Gives More Money to Regulatory
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–President Obama’s proposed budget for FY2016 has gotten criticism for several reasons. The most recent is from Mississippi’s senior senator, Thad Cochran, who said...