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In Shickshinny, Penn., Flood-Buyout Program to Continue Through 2014

Donald Hargraves is flooded with nostalgia when he drives past the Shickshinny, Penn., home he owned for more than five decades but doesn’t regret recently selling the property in a flood-buyout program. “I loved my home. If I was younger …

Mississippi County Approves 7 More Flooded Home Buyouts

Jackson County supervisors have approved a payment of $500,949 to Island Winds Title Co. to close on seven homes. According to The Mississippi Press, the action brings the county closer to completing its role in a federal buyout program meant …