Pines News
PACCAR expanding manufacturing operations in Columbus
Global automotive technology company PACCAR is expanding its operations in Columbus. The $209.4 million investment represents two projects that will create a total of 100 jobs. PACCAR is an industry...
MSU officially opens nation’s first Agricultural Autonomy Institute
The farm of the future is being created at Mississippi State University. MSU officials on Thursday [Oct. 26] officially opened the Agricultural Autonomy Institute, the nation's first and only...
‘End-effector,’ robotic system developed by MSU engineering team puts autonomous cotton harvesting within reach
A two-fingered robotic arm reaches toward a fluffy white cotton boll in a field. The device pulls in the lint from the boll and then moves on...grabbing another, and then another. This new...
Mississippi State announces 2023 Homecoming Court royalty
Mississippi State students have chosen a new group of Bulldog royalty to represent the university in its 2023 Homecoming Court, which will be presented formally during halftime of the MSU vs....
Alden Group opening new facility in Smith County
Alden Group Renewable Energy is opening a new facility in Smith County. The project is a $12.535 million investment that will create 30 new jobs. Alden Group works with area poultry processors to...
THE W TO UNVEIL HISTORIC MARKER HONORING FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
by Robert Scott African American undergraduate students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner and Laverne Greene, and graduate students Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser, stepped foot on the...