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The city came to an agreement to sell the land today and feels that the new business will bring a lot of opportunities to the city

After more than a decade with the Golden Triangle Development LINK, Chief Operating Officer Macaulay Whitaker is leaving the organization for a position at Burns Dirt Construction as Vice President of Talent and Culture.

The arrival of medical marijuana in Mississippi, signed into law on Feb. 2 by Gov. Tate Reeves, was hailed both as a new means of pain relief for thousands of people and an economic shot in the arm for the economy.

Seven years ago, Deneisha Glenn was a kindergarten teacher at Sale Elementary School in Columbus.

The Golden Triangle Development LINK has received a $3.4 million grant from the state to further enhance the North Star Industrial Park.

After two years of traveling the uncharted waters of the pandemic, struggling with how to network, how to mentor high schoolers, and how to save the spelling bee, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wilson Beck is moving on.

Companies continue to look at locating in the Golden Triangle but there are challenges to get them here.

The board of supervisors passed a resolution Monday for the county to take part in an incentive program that will give businesses that locate to the area a tax break.

COVID causes delays at North Star; officials still optimistic about site Construction crews work on the North Star Industrial Park on Thursday in Starkville. Construction began on March 30 and, if things go as planned, is set to be complete by late January. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff Construction of the long-awaited North Star Industrial Park at the northwest intersection of Highways 389 and 82 in Starkville has continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, though not without delays, ...

WINDSOR — Call it a track-and-field sweep-peat for the girls and the boys of Thetford Academy — with a couple of asterisks and several twists.After the gap year from heck canceled the 2020 season — thanks, COVID-19 — the Panthers defended their...