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NATCHEZ, Miss. – The city has received a $96,000 grant to enhance Duncan Park. The money is from the Recreational Trails Program funded by the federal government. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks allocates the money. Meeting Tuesday with Natchez aldermen, city Parks & Recreation Director Ryan Porter said the $96,000 is to…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – The city has received a $557,000 grant to distribute to Natchez homeowners for rehabilitating their homes. Residents have until Nov. 25 to apply for up to $60,000 each eligible applicant could get, said Lynette West Smith, who’s administering the grant process for Natchez. Meeting Tuesday with the Natchez Board of Aldermen, Smith…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Problems with the county-owned port’s operations could prompt industries to abandon the Mississippi River docking-and-loading facility, according to Adams County Supervisor Kevin Wilson. Port customer BASF, which operates a chemical plant across the river in Vidalia, had international shipments delivered to the wrong Asian destinations, which Wilson said was blamed on Adams…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – About 300 Adams County residents hit by high water bills could see relief soon, said Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Wayne Carr. Meeting today with the Morgantown area residents and Adams County supervisors, Carr said the commission is building a case that the private water distribution company is overcharging them. “If we prove…

On November 19, Natchez National Historical Park will begin a civic engagement process on the future of the Forks of the Road site at D’Evereux Drive and Liberty Road. The site is the location of the second largest domestic slave market in the Deep South during the antebellum period, where tens of thousands of enslaved…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Adams County supervisors are providing a forum Monday for disgruntled Morgantown area residents to get information and answers from their water provider and state utility regulators who ensure adequate service is provided.  This is in response to complaints heard by Adams County supervisors last month about water service from the private company…

NATCHEZ, Miss. – Merit Health plans to continue enhancing services at its Natchez hospital as it dedicates more money to the facility and recruits more medical providers, said its chief executive officer. “Merit Health is committed to continuing to improve health-care outcomes right here in the Miss-Lou – the Mississippi-Louisiana area,  and I’m proud to…

NATCHEZ, Miss. — Dr. Shawn Lambert, associate professor and undergraduate coordinator at Mississippi State University, is inviting the public to his presentation on the Prospect Hill Plantation. Lambert’s talk will focus on the archaeology of his enslavement project at Prospect Hill. His topic is, “Before They were Settlers: Material Culture and Spaces of Enslavement at…