Delta News

Oil Spews From Aiteo Well in Nigeria’s Delta 2 Weeks After Spill, Locals Say

YENAGOA, Nigeria — Oil has been spilling from a well owned by Nigeria’s Aiteo Eastern E&P and state-run NNPC for two weeks in southern Nigeria, local residents and politicians said on Friday, saying it threatened the environment and local economy. …

Engineers’ Report Bolsters Proposed Mississippi Pump Project

JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta — a reversal …

Delta Jet Runs Off Taxiway in Oklahoma, Now Stuck

A Delta jet that was preparing to take off from Tulsa International Airport for a flight to Atlanta has run off a taxiway and is stuck in grass alongside the taxiway. Airport spokeswoman Alexis Higgins says the plane was leaving …