Area businesses receive more than $123 million in PPP loans
Roughly 2,000 small businesses in Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Clay and Noxubee counties were approved for more than $123 million in federal loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to an analysis of SBA data released Monday.
Large PPP loans help local-based businesses ‘weather the storm’
In the middle of storm season, 4-County Electric Power has one principal job: to keep the power on.
Consequently, Marketing and Public Relations Director Jon Turner said, “the last thing you want to do is be understaffed.”
Voter turnout nears, exceeds 50 percent in area counties
Voter turnout in Golden Triangle area counties Tuesday either approached or topped 50 percent, according to unofficial counts from circuit clerks’ offices.
Area online sales tax revenues: $4.4M annually
Cities and counties throughout the state will receive 15 percent of the use fee revenue collected in the state as a part of road/bridge legislation passed by the Mississippi Legislature Tuesday during its special session.
Health Dept. confirms West Nile in Clay, Lowndes
The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed two human cases of West Nile Virus in Clay and Lowndes counties.
Clay County deputies make drug busts
Four people have been arrested by Clay County deputies and face charges involving sale of or intent to distribute drugs.
The clay lady: Inspired by the living world around her, Sheila Clark just can’t get enough – of making pottery, that is
Sheila Clark is nature’s child, open to textures, shapes and hues that surround her. The bark of a tree, veins in a leaf or the swirl of a mollusk shell may be her muse. Once inspired — and she’s always inspired — her hands recycle the gift, channeling it into pottery pieces, both large and small.
County fire service exploring co-op for Mayhew
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors authorized county fire services coordinator Sammy Fondren to explore a co-op with volunteer fire departments in eastern Oktibbeha and Clay counties that would provide fire services in Mayhew.
New megasite inspires hope in struggling West Point
Vehicles crept along Sixth Street Tuesday night, edging onto the grassy shoulders, pausing in front of the Clay County Civic Center’s packed driveways before resuming the search for a parking space.
Chamber, Link will go separate ways by 2014
By next month, the Columbus-Lowndes Development Link will exist only in the annals of local history, a fact which has left many to wonder what will happen to the Chamber of Commerce once the economic development portion of the Link is folded into a new tri-county regional partnership between Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay counties.
Tri-county group to announce findings on Friday
Friday, the public will get its first look at the details behind a proposed tri-county economic coalition between Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha.
New development alliance for Golden Triangle?
Representatives from Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay counties have formed a steering committee to examine the possibility of forming a tri-county coalition for economic development.
Lowndes, Clay counties to get money from feds
Lowndes and Clay counties will be among more than 1,850 local governments to receive funds under the 2012 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.