MS coast dealing with record rainfall
A torrential downpour Thursday forced school closures across the coast. Flash flooding during the early morning hours made travel too treacherous. Some businesses had to...
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Coastal Missisippi board member believes organization no longer regional
Coastal Mississippi is a board tasked with promoting South Mississippi as a tourism and convention destination worldwide. To do so, they use money from a...
Governor signs BP money bill into law
by Alex Paton
The Governor has signed the BP bill into law. During a signing ceremony on Wednesday, Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill which will allocate 75%...
Coast outages spike after Gordon
by Alex Paton
Tropical Storm Gordon has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression, however, after the storm hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast Tuesday night, many are without power....
Biloxi Mayor: Sports betting to increase Coast tourism
by Alex Paton
After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 1992 federal law that had prohibited most states from authorizing sports wagering legal sports betting will soon...
Featured Feds give Mississippi and three coast counties $27.7M for coastal restoration
by Alex Paton
Mississippi is receiving more than $27.7 million this year to the state, and three coast counties for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation activities. The...
Featured Senate passes bill, BP oil money to go to coast
by Alex Paton
The state Senate has passed legislation to set aside dollars from the BP settlement for projects along the Gulf Coast. The bill authored by Senator...
Featured Carter wins Senate seat for District 49
by Alex Paton
Joel Carter will represent parts of Gulfport, Biloxi and Harrison County in the Mississippi State Senate when Carter won nearly 53% of the vote during...
Millions in loans to upgrade Electric Infrastructure across state
by Sarah Ulmer
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced that $56.8 million in low-interest loans have been approved to upgrade electric infrastructure in rural areas of central...
Maritime & Seafood Museum welcomes Hall of Fame inductees
by Sarah Ulmer
Over the weekend hundreds gathered at the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi as they announced the 2017 Hall of Fame class. ...