Opinion

One Natchez: My motto going forward

“The bitterness and hate created by the late civil strife has, in my opinion, been obliterated in this ...

Business

Hiring lobbyists has paid off many times over

One of the best moves City of Natchez and Adams County elected officials have made in recent memory ...

Business

Natchez Inc. and Natchez Now should be thanked for economic development successes

Last week, leaders in the business community in Natchez enjoyed a bus tour and visit to some of ...

Editorials

School district grade is responsibility of all of us

We’ve seen some significant progress in the Natchez-Adams School District over the last five years. New facilities – including ...

Top of the Morning

Visit Natchez impresses at 2023 Tourism Summit

Thursday, it was my pleasure to attend the 2023 Visit Natchez Annual Tourism Summit. Visit Natchez, under the ...

Opinion

Reeves makes clear that cost is not his reason for opposing Medicaid expansion for working poor

The shroud of mystery has been removed on why Gov. Tate Reeves opposes expanding Medicaid. It is not ...

Opinion

Deserving of praise

In case you missed it, the Natchez Historical Society was recently awarded a $2,400 grant to help with ...

Opinion

A letter to our very special Watson Calhoun

It has been hard to find the words — words to describe our sorrow over the passing of ...

Opinion

Saying farewell and thank you

To the editor: Referring to the excellent article in The Natchez Democrat of Sunday, Sept. 17, on the ...

Opinion

Entire community is invited to Cathedral Fall Festival

We invite the entire community and those from surrounding areas to join us this weekend at Cathedral Catholic ...

Business

Your parking does some talking

When I started writing this column at the beginning of this year, one of the first suggestions for ...

Opinion

Southwest Mississippi deserves more

I often talk about how Natchez deserves more, but if I’m being truthful, our Southwest Mississippi region deserves ...

News

Celebrating achievements and looking ahead to growth

Words cannot express my gratitude for the overwhelming show of support as I announced my candidacy for reelection ...

Opinion

It’s Labor Day: What does that mean for today’s workers?

As we sit on the cusp of the Labor Day holiday this year, most people’s thoughts will likely ...

Opinion

Lazarus let emotions get best of him

Mike Lazarus, who recently was defeated by Wes Middleton for a second time for the District 1 county ...

Opinion

Because of state’s health care issues, future does not look promising

To the editor: The editorial in The Natchez Democrat of Aug. 13 was a bold challenge to our elected ...

Opinion

Our opinion: It’s one thing to develop workforce, but another to keep workers in Mississippi

Gov. Tate Reeves delivered quite the speech at the Vicksburg Warren Chamber of Commerce luncheon recently. As with ...

Opinion

A time to celebrate: Thursday, Aug. 31

As your mayor, it is hard to believe that we are now one month into this last year ...

Opinion

Where everyone knows your name

Last Saturday night, I was at Andrew’s Tavern in the 300 block of Main Street. It was a ...

Opinion

People of Adams County lost election

The residents of Adams County lost an election. You lost out on having someone in office that looks ...

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