Supervisors donate land for new Communiversity site
Ground-breaking for Communiversity — East Mississippi Community College’s $38 million workforce training center — is months away. Even so, the center is already moving.
LCSD considering 3 properties for tech center
Now that Lowndes County School District voters have approved a $44 million bond issue for capital improvements, the district must decide the timeline and next steps for the projects.
Lowndes pulls reservation for aluminum mill
The chances of Lowndes County being the future home of an aluminum mill that employs 650-plus people have taken a step back.
New substation for Yokohama approved
On Monday, Mississippi Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley ruled in favor of 4-County Electric Power Association’s request to construct a new electric substation to serve the future Yokohama Tire Company plant in Clay County.
Itawamba Co. purchases land for growth
Itawamba County now has 261 acres to market to prospective companies.
Thieves take equipment from Yokohama
Clay County deputies have not yet made any arrests after $500 in equipment was stolen from the Yokohama Tire Company construction site Friday.
A western wrinkle on eminent domain
The view from the deck of the small, century-old cabin was a dream come true for Andy and Ceil Barrie — a sweeping panorama of 13,000 and 14,000-foot peaks towering above the forest of centuries-old bristlecone pines.
Lowndes closer to buying property for tech center
The Lowndes County School Board is in the final stages of approving the purchase of a 12-acre-plus piece of land where the proposed career tech center will be built.
Eminent domain issue should not delay CalStar project
Lowndes County is pursuing eminent domain for a small tract near the CalStar site that a landowner will not sell at appraised value, but county attorney Tim Hudson and Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins don’t expect the matter to delay construction.
Clay supes approve land swaps for Yokohama road
Clay County supervisors approved two land swaps needed to clear the way for what will be the access road for the Yokohama Tire Company plant.
County to pursue eminent domain claim near CalStar site
A landowner’s refusal to grant an easement to the Golden Triangle Development Link required for water and sewer expansion for the CalStar project has forced county leaders to pursue an eminent domain claim on the property.
Progress equals less land at Lowndes port
Those who oversee the Columbus-Lowndes County Port say they face a good news/bad news scenario.
The good: The six industries operating at the port pay more than $1 million in taxes to the city of Columbus and Lowndes County, and about $350,000 to the port authority, each year.
The bad: They’re running out of land.
KiOR inches near deal for Columbus II
KiOR’s plan to build a second refinery in Columbus is closer to being a done deal.
Lowndes County Port Authority director John Hardy said the Texas-based alternative fuel refinery has hired engineering firm Neel-Schaffer to survey some land officials could potentially purchase from the county to locate a second plant.
Ethanol’s rise can mean loss of hunting lands
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pheasants once drew hundreds of weekend hunters to Fairbury, Neb., each fall, filling the 45 rooms at Randy Brown’s Capri Motel
Yokohama groundbreaking set for late September
State leaders and Yokohoma officials will put shovels to the ground next month to begin constructing the Japanese company’s new Clay County plant.
Yokohama acquires land for plant
A press release issued by the Golden Triangle Development Link Tuesday confirmed the Clay County Economic Development District officially deeded 570 of nearly 1,100 acres
CCEDD launches, approves land purchase
The newly formed Clay County Economic Development District performed its first major order of business Monday — the authorization to purchase up to $11 million in parcels needed for Yokohama Tire Company to build its plant.
South Dakota tribe faces ultimatum on sale of historic massacre site
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills