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Real life is sometimes real wrong

I wonder if crab fishermen watch “Deadliest Catch” and cringe when they see the deck workers or the ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Forget the credit, share the excitement

Last week, on the eve of a huge economic development announcement for our area, at least a few ...

Ben Hillyer

Early lessons can make for big deals

Sometimes it is the lessons we learn in childhood that make the biggest differences in adulthood. Player No. ...

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Let’s take step in repealing Obamacare

As details continue to emerge about last year’s Obamacare legislation, more and more Americans are coming to understand ...

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Story was one to be seen, not heard

Nothing but a good secret builds excitement to a fever pitch.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

We can’t ignore source of weapons

Figuring out complicated problems with only a few bits of information maddens some people.

Ben Hillyer

A few angels watch over J.M. Jones

Lee Jones believes in guardian angels. It has been a long two months for the J.M. Jones Lumber ...

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Flood insurance reforms needed

Nearly 5.6 million National Flood Insurance Program policies were in effect nationwide last year, but the program will ...

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Weather weirdness warrants prep

I’ve sensed a change in the voices of the meteorologists at the National Weather Service in the last ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Blow out the candles, Natchez Inc.

With each passing year time seems to accelerate; years begin to fly past.

Ben Hillyer

Don’t forget the look of the library

It is a good thing that tourists have plenty to see when the horse-drawn carriages stop at the ...

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America’s energy has two sides

There are many things that make the United States the great nation it is. Three of these relate ...

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Area must stick together despite fatigue

Only one type of natural disaster comes with such a tested roadmap.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

State flag issue needs more attention

Ten years after Mississippians overwhelmingly voted to embrace the controversial state flag, state leaders remain conflicted over the ...

Ben Hillyer

River more spectacle than disaster

I suspect that if Edward L. Salmon Sr. stood on the Natchez bluff today, he would look across ...

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Will board ever lead on recreation?

Call me pessimistic or cynical, but I’ve simply been waiting for the Adams County Board of Supervisors to ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Flood stats are hard to fathom

Is the spectacle we see unfolding before us in the Mississippi River something that is becoming more and ...

Ben Hillyer

Son beginning to make career moves

From day one Gibson’s career path has been set. Soon after our two-year-old was born, friends and family ...

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Justice done, but vigilance must remain

In an address to a joint session of Congress following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on our nation, ...

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The Old Man always makes headlines

Just a month ago when the Mississippi River was approaching flood stage, the community consensus was one of ...

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