Mississippi Hills grant workshops set for Dec.
The Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance will hold two public workshops, which will deal with the necessary requirements for preparing applications under their recently announced Community Grant Program.
Three Mississippi airports share in $4.8M in federal grants
Airports in Gulfport, Starkville and Kosciusko are sharing in nearly $4.8 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Oktibbeha’s volunteer fire departments benefiting from grants
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran made an announcement Monday that Oktibbeha County firefighters have heard numerous times before: Federal grant money will help the volunteer fire department purchase needed equipment.
Airport receives $166K in federal grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding more than $10 million in grants that will be divided among 35 Mississippi airports.
Democratic areas win more transportation grants
Applicants from Democratic-held districts won 48 percent of the so-called TIGER grants for road, bridge and rapid transit projects, rail line repairs and port upgrades.
SAAC awards community arts grants
The Starkville Area Arts Council has announced the recipients of its Community Arts Grants for 2014-2015.
Gov’t website for doctor payments not up to snuff
Although it’s called “Open Payments,” the government’s new website doesn’t make it easy to find out whether your doctor is getting freebies, travel or other financial benefits from drug companies and medical device manufacturers.
Drug and device firms paid $3.5B to care providers
From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of dollars last year, the government disclosed Tuesday in a new effort to spotlight potential ethical conflicts in medicine.
Main Street Columbus offering grants for exterior work
Up to $1,000 may be up for grabs for downtown business owners wanting to spruce up the front of their buildings.
City Hall makeover will come from unused grant money
Columbus’ Office of Planning and Community Development has secured between $75,000-165,000 in leftover money from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Community Heritage Preservation Grant program for work on City Hall.
SAAC announces arts grants recipients
The Starkville Area Arts Council announces its Arts in Education Grant award recipients. Area teachers received a total of $4,695 to fund arts-related projects.
Our view: A question of competence
Any organization — be it a business, school system or government — is only as good as its management and employees. The ability to hire competent workers along with a clear path to remove ineffective ones, as unpleasant as that can be, is critical to the success of any organization.
Miss. awards more school security grants
The state Board of Education has awarded school security grants to 24 more Mississippi school districts, but still hasn’t managed to spend even half the $5 million that the state Legislature appropriated for the program in 2013.
CVB approves project clearance reports
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors on Monday approved full second-half grant installments to Caledonia Days and the Tennessee Williams Tribute & Tour of Victorian Homes.
Miss. Board of Education approves preschool grants
Mississippi education officials have awarded $2 million to 11 groups to provide preschool for 4-year-olds.
It’s Mississippi’s first use of state money to pay for prekindergarten classes.
Kellogg to pick leaders from Miss.
The William K. Kellogg Foundation will select leadership fellows from four targeted areas. — Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans — who are working with vulnerable children and their families.
Many Miss. districts miss out on security grants
JACKSON — It was grant money to pay for school security, but two-thirds of Mississippi’s public school districts weren’t interested. At Lt. Gov Tate Reeves’
MDA awards grants to local festivals
The Mississippi Development Authority has awarded five Columbus and Lowndes County festivals a combined $16,000 through its Tourism Grant Program for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
CVB eliminates tourism grants
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board of directors approved next year’s budget Monday, which establishes grant amounts for local festivals and does away with tourism grants.
Pilgrimage expanding after 2013 attendance jump
Next year’s Columbus Spring Pilgrimage will last 16 days instead of the usual 12.
Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Executive Director Nancy Carpenter told tourism partners Tuesday that plans to capitalize on the success of the 2013 Pilgrimage led to the extension.