Air Force awards Biloxi best community in command
Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, presented the 2017 Altus Trophy to the community of Biloxi during the Altus Trophy...
Tag : Mississippi Gulf Coast
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...
Rundown on Recovery from Hurricane Nate
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Gulf Coast and South Mississippi have shifted to the recovery phase in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate. Authorities say that there have still...
MDEQ closes all beaches on Mississippi Gulf Coast
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a closure Monday for all of the beaches across the Mississippi Gulf...
Hurricane Nate: south MS cleanup, assessment begins
by Jared Bounds
Hurricane Nate rocked the Mississippi Gulf Coast as the storm waded onto shore for a second time near Biloxi around 12:30 Sunday morning. Wind gusts...
BREAKING: Hurricane Nate bares down on Mississippi Coast
by Jared Bounds
MEMA held a press conference on how dangerous this situation is becoming. The National Weather Service has upgraded Nate to a category 1 hurricane, and...
12 Years Later: Katrina exposes worst of nature, best of humanity
JACKSON, MISS– When the Mississippi Gulf Coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina 12 years ago, it disproved the theory that Camille prepared coast folks for such...
U.S. Treasury clears $80.9 million plan for the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The U. S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has accepted Mississippi’s $80.9 million amended Multiyear Implementation Plan (MIP) which added six projects and a planning...
“Biloxi Black Beach Weekend” sees booming numbers, rising tensions with residents
by Jared Bounds
Early estimates from this weekend’s revelry show over 60,000 people were on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for spring break. Biloxi Police Chief John Miller said...