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Jun 06, 2013 Jackson, Miss. (May 29, 2013) – Area Development magazine, a leading economic development publication covering site selection and facility planning, has awarded Mississippi a 2013 Silver Shovel Award. The magazine’s annual Shovel Awards recognize state...

Like any 2-year-old, Madison River Oaks Medical Center is still growing. “Since opening our new campus two years ago, the growth of both services and medical clinics has been phenomenal. We knew growth would be swift but had no idea of the level of interest in this...

Ground broken for new facility at Madison County Nursing Home By JAMIE LOGAN An official groundbreaking was held on May 28 for a new assisted living facility on the grounds of the Madison County Nursing Home in Canton as dozens of officials and area residents...

Ground broken for new facility at Madison County Nursing Home By JAMIE LOGAN An official groundbreaking was held on May 28 for a new assisted living facility on the grounds of the Madison County Nursing Home in Canton as dozens of officials and area residents...

State auditor Stacey Pickering disputed Tuesday a union-funded study that said Nissan had not met its obligations to Mississippi. Washington, D.C.-based Good Jobs First recently released the results of a study, paid for by the United Auto Workers, that said Nissan had...

The Madison County Business League has elected six new business leaders to the Board of Directors. The six new directors will serve four year terms that began May 1, 2013. "I want to thank all the candidates for their willingness to serve by having placed their names...

Only a few months into its implementation, Madison County's new Geographic Information System (GIS) plan has already made tides of information accessible through the county's website. The service went live in January and is the first phase of a multi-year...

C Spire Wireless recently activated 4G LTE service on a new cell site in Canton, expanding and filling in coverage on the high-speed data network it launched last December for the city. 4G LTE allows C Spire customers to download apps and game faster, open files...

The strategizing is beginning in Madison County. By the time it’s over in six months, public and private leaders are expecting an economic roadmap for the county’s future growth and success. “The benefit of this will be to bring more jobs to Madison County, property...

CANTON, MISS. — David Aldana, currently director of Nissan's manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, has been named vice president of the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, Miss. Aldana will replace Dan Bednarzyk who has been named to the newly...