Mississippi River hits new low in Memphis, breaks last month’s record
Even as the Corps was still confirming data from September’s record low, it registered a new reading Tuesday that was even lower.
Keely Brewer
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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South Memphis TVA considers adding new gas-powered turbines at Allen plant
The federally owned utility is exploring an idea to install six new aeroderivative combustion turbine units in southwest Memphis.
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MidtownAs Memphis flips on LEDs, residents really see the light
Memphis Light, Gas and Water is on track to change all of Memphis’ streetlights to LEDs by year-end, but the project hasn’t been without criticism.
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November 2023
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Downtown Memphis scraps Greenbelt Park expansion for now
Beginning in February or March of 2024, work at Beale Street Landing will also render the dock there unusable for most of next year.
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Education Moore Tech will train contractors to weatherize homes
TVA built a training house on the Midtown Memphis campus where contractors can learn to identify weatherization problems, and how to correct them. The new course will start in January.
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Transportation & LogisticsWith the Mighty Mississippi at a low, Memphis’ cruise ships turn to buses
Memphis has bet on the Mississippi River cruise industry and its tourism dollars, but as the river hits record lows, cruise operators and the city prepare for an uncertain future.
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Transportation & LogisticsMississippi River plummeted to most extreme lows in recent decades
After the Mississippi River hit another new low, NASA released images of the river in 2021 and how it looked this past September, showing the change in the Mighty Mississippi.
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City of Memphis City Council questions another MLGW rate hike ahead of vote
As the City Council nears the end of another term, they’re being asked to increase power rates — again.
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Transportation & Logistics Mississippi River drought expected to last through winter
Since June, the Army Corps of Engineers has spent $38 million maintaining the Mississippi River channel, mostly through dredging the equivalent of 5,000 Olympic-sized pools of sediment.
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City of Memphis MLGW makes case for investments after Council questions rate hike
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said underground power line improvements show the benefits of MLGW’s 2020 rate hike.
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East MemphisShelby Farms Parkway proposal hits dead end
Another north-south route through Shelby Farms Park has been a priority for local leaders for more than two decades, but the proposal for a new Shelby Farms Parkway has now been abandoned.
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Shelby County For decades, MLGW rates didn’t keep up with inflation. Now it’s trying to make up for lost time
MLGW’s CEO said the utility has operated with a “run to fail” mindset, meaning it only fixes what’s broken, and there haven’t been regular investments in MLGW’s infrastructure for decades.
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City of MemphisAfter months with no compost service, Memphis issues request for contractors
For the first time ever, the City of Memphis is also looking for a composting service who could also compost biosolids — the sludge created by treating domestic wastewater — to save local landfill space.
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December 2023
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North MemphisLettuce help: Community gardeners bring know-how to bridge food gap
A new generation of community gardeners is helping Memphis overcome food insecurity with urban farms and lessons in growth.
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Education U of M gets Shelby County disaster recovery contract
The U of M’s Center for Disaster Recovery and Resiliency will be tasked with securing funding for infrastructure improvements to help the area better weather future disasters.
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City of Memphis MLGW rate hike passes final hurdle at City Council
“I believe, and my team believes, this is the necessary remedy for decades of disinvestment and failed decisions under previous presidents and previous councils,” said MLGW CEO Doug McGowen.
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Metro If you smell rotten eggs Thursday, don’t worry
MLGW is planning to do routine gas maintenance Dec. 7 near the Mississippi state line.
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City of Memphis MLGW rethinks moving HQ to Cordova
“I heard loud and clear from City Council and from other people that moving the headquarters from Downtown was not the right signal at this time,” MLGW’s president and CEO told The Daily Memphian.
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Behind The Headlines MLGW has been ‘running to failure,’ CEO says
“It has been one heck of a year, and it’s culminated with this most recent decision by City Council,” MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said of this week’s vote to approve a 12% electricity rate hike.
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City of MemphisIs Memphis ready to weather the winter?
“I cannot guarantee that nothing will happen,” Doug McGowen, president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water said. “But I can guarantee that we’re much better prepared than we were last winter.”
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Downtown Mississippi River mayors announce climate efforts at Dubai conference
During the United Nations’ annual climate change conference, the Mississippi River mayors signed an agreement with an Indian river advocacy group and announced a new pilot program with Munich Reinsurance Co.
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City of Memphis MLGW wraps up smart meter fixes, but billing problems linger
Whitehaven resident Patricia Smith is one of about 10% of MLGW customers affected by billing issues over the past year due to faulty smart meters.
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MetroChristmas candles helped light darkened city during 2022 outages
Memphians who’ve lost power for a long stretch can tell you: It doesn’t matter if it was last December or decades ago, they remember it vividly.
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Metro Snow unlikely in Memphis by year-end
At most, there could be some light flurries, but even then, forecaster Andy Chiuppi said the conditions aren’t right for it to stick around.
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January 2024
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City of Memphis More than 17,500 MLGW customers were without power on Christmas
Unlike last year, when more than half the service area lost power during an ice storm, these outages were mostly isolated in the southeastern parts of Shelby County on an unseasonably warm holiday weekend.
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