Originally Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
Marco Illig, Executive Vice President of Operations for FEUER Powertrain North America, Inc., in Robinsonville, calls DeSoto County home, making the short commute to the continental headquarters for his global company that cranks out more than three million crank shafts a year in his native Germany …
Original Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
The DeSoto County School District officially took the wraps off its newest learning facility in a ribbon-cutting event for the new Career Technology Center-West located on Kuykendall Lane off Interstate Blvd. and south of Goodman Road in Horn Lake Thursday morning.
The building, worth about $12 …
Baton Rouge – Entergy Louisiana, LLC announces the addition of two commercial contractual agreements executed in southwest Louisiana.
The contracts – one with Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream and another with Juniper GTL LLC – call for Entergy to supply up to 11.3 megawatts of power to support the companies.
A contract for up to …
Originally Posted on The Dispatch
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University launched a new branding campaign Tuesday that will promote the university as a leading research institution and attempt to attract a higher level of students and faculty.
The “We Ring True” campaign will aim to raise awareness of the university’s strengths …
Originally Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
In an effort to promote a growing business climate in the state of Mississippi, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office has initiated a website titled, “YallBusiness.”
Called “the first step toward your successful Mississippi business,” Y’all Business provides information Hosemann’s office hopes will help entice firms …
Originally Posted on Arkansas News
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services said Tuesday it has awarded more than $4 million to Arkansas Community Colleges to support work-based training programs.
The money is provided through the agency’s Arkansas Sector Partnership initiative, which is supported by a U.S. Department of …
Originally Posted on The Advocate
The price of oil is sharply down from last year, but if there’s one thing Louisiana has still got, it’s lots of natural gas at a historically low price level.
That is of course good news for the metropolitan areas of the state, including big refineries …
Originally Posted on nola.com
K10 is over. The commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was intense, at turns exhausting and exhilarating. I am proud of how our community responded to being placed under the world’s microscope, presenting a narrative that was optimistic but honest: yes, we have come back …
