Business News for the Mississippi Delta

Entergy Brings New Phase of Superpower Mississippi

Vicksburg gains new cost-effective power source Vicksburg will once again be home to an Entergy Mississippi power generation source with construction of the Vicksburg Advanced Power Station, the company’s latest investment to replace retired, fifty-year-old natural gas generation facilities with newer, highly efficient resources. The 754-megawatt combined-cycle combustion turbine facility will be located on the […]

High Speed Internet for the Delta  

Promise of service still being kept   The federal and state governments have promised to bring high-speed internet to all parts of Mississippi, and slowly but surely, that promise is being fulfilled. From BEAM (Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi), where Sally Doty serves as Director, and manages $1.4 billion in federal funding […]

Mid-Delta Airport in Greenville  

Improvements Bode Well for 2026 Mid-Delta Airport is a public-use airport in unincorporated Washington County. Located five miles northeast of Greenville, the City owns the airport. It is served by one commercial airline which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Formerly, the facility was known as Greenville Air Force Base opening as such […]

Delta Compass Awards $50,000 to MDCC to Expand Fiber Training

Delta Compass, based in Greenville, has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) to expand its fiber optic training program, a critical step in preparing the skilled workforce needed to support rural broadband deployment across Washington County and the wider Delta region. This investment responds directly to a key workforce need identified […]

GRAMMY Museum® Announces New Exhibit Showcasing 80s Rock

GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi’s  highly anticipated exhibit 80s Rock: The Wildest Decade in Music is now open in Cleveland. On Thursday, Sept. 25, the Museum celebrated the grand opening with an event featuring iconic special guests Dee Snider, Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, and Jay Jay French of the rock band, Twisted Sister. They shared stories and insights about their […]

Delta Native Establishes Fund for Faulkner’s Rowan Oak 

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Bruce Levingston, who grew up in Cleveland, has made a substantial financial gift to establish a conservation and preservation fund dedicated to protecting and restoring Rowan Oak. In recognition of his generosity and commitment to preserving the historic home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner, the university, which owns and maintains […]

MS Tourism Wins Southeast Tourism Society’s Shining Example Award 

The Mississippi Tourism Association (MTA) has been honored with the Best Niche Marketing “Shining Example” Award from the Southeast Tourism Society (STS) at the 2025 Connections Conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The award recognizes excellence in marketing efforts. Mississippi Tourism received this distinction for its Heart of Hospitality Workforce Development campaign; a statewide initiative designed to elevate and celebrate the people who […]

Senatobia Hospital Announces New CEO

Highland Hills Medical Center is proud to announce the appointment of Jenny Miller, RN, BSN, MHA, as its new Chief Executive Officer.  Miller steps into this role following her tenure as Interim CEO and Chief Nursing Officer, bringing with her a proven track record of strategic leadership and compassionate patient care. A graduate of Delta […]

C Spire Named to National Best Workplaces Listing for Second Consecutive Year  

C Spire, a leading national advanced technology company, recently announced it is recognized as one of America’s Most Admired Workplaces 2026 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. This marks the second consecutive year C Spire has received the honor. Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group recognized companies that were evaluated using interviews with more than 400,000 […]

BOOST Initiative Creates $1.4 Million Investment 

The Mississippi Manu-facturers Association–Manu-facturing Extension Partnership (MMA-MEP), in partnership with Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension (CAVS-E) and AccelerateMS, has been awarded a federal grant from the Appalachian Regional Comm-ission to launch the Bringing Operational Optimization & Smart Technology to Mississippi (BOOST MS) Pilot Program. In total, the program represents a $1.4 […]