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Above-normal hurricane activity expected in 2020
By Skip Rigney The 2020 Atlantic basin hurricane season is expected to have above-normal activity according to an extended range outlook issued Thursday by atmospheric ... Read more
America: A nation on her knees
By Jan Miller Penton The laughter of multiple generations filled my grandparents’ old farmhouse in Neshoba County, Mississippi, as we crowded into the living room. ... Read more
Public should have full access to dump
This week, the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors, at the behest of Waste Management, asked the general public to refrain from bringing their individual ... Read more
Break in the heat on the way
By Skip Rigney This week has been one of the warmest in March on record in the Gulf South. New Orleans International Airport, with data ... Read more
Slow and steady in this time of uncertainty
We’re only a couple of weeks into this uncertain time of closures, cancellations and limited access to many of the goods and services we’ve come ... Read more
This could be our finest hour
By Jan Miller Penton It has long been my habit to rise early while most of the world sleeps. When the children were small it ... Read more
This is a time to come together
By Tate Reeves We are together in a moment of great uncertainty. It is a time when all of our lives are being disrupted as ... Read more
Finding calm in the storm of COVID-19
By Jan Miller Penton My faithful canine friend, Missy, snoozes ever so peacefully in her bed. The warmth of the bright sunshine streaming into my ... Read more
Warm spring about to get even warmer
By Skip Rigney Temperatures over the past ten days have been much warmer-than-normal for this time of year. By the end of the upcoming week, ... Read more
Respiratory epidemics and the seasons
By Skip Rigney To say that people have been talking about coronavirus is the understatement of the year. Meanwhile, influenza season continues but may have ... Read more