by MBJ Staff Published: June 18,2013
Tags: angl;er, angling, beach, closure, environment, fish, fishing, outdoors, public health, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water contact, water pollution, watert quality
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a precautionary beach closure. The affected beach is from Grande View Drive to Brady Drive in Biloxi (approximately from east of Edgewater Mall to just past Beauvoir). The City of Biloxi reported to MDEQ that a pump station malfunctioned [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 17,2013
Tags: casino, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, nightlife, renovation, reopening, restaurant, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
BILOXI — Although its hotel is still in the middle of a $100 million makeover, the oldest casino in the South will reopen at 1 p.m. Friday with a new look as the Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi. Changes range from new windows and fewer walls to new carpet and new nametags, The Sun Herald reported. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 16,2013
Tags: air travel, airline, airport, aviation, flight, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor
OXFORD — Memphis-based Southern Airways Express will begin offering flights out of the University Oxford Airport. Stan Little, Southern Airways CEO, said this week that the company will launch flights to and from Destin and Panama City in Florida June 20, and then add flights to and from New Orleans by the end of June. [...] [...]
The STEPS Coalition is in the process of attempting to gather signatures of 1,500 registered voters to possibly force a public vote on the proposed minor league stadium in Biloxi. “So many of us here are baseball fans,” Roberta Avila, executive director of the STEPS Coalition, told the Sun-Herald at a news conference last Tuesday. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 13,2013
Tags: close, community development, cultural tourism, culture, damage, disaster recovery, history, hurricane, Museum, natural disaster, rain, reopen, storm, storm surge, tourism, tourist, tropical, visitor, wind, wund
PASCAGOULA — The Scranton Museum will reopen the weekend of June 21, after being closed for 15 years. The museum, set up on a shrimp boat, has been closed since Hurricane Georges hit in 1998, causing substantial damage to the vessel. Ann Burgo, Pascagoula event specialist and Scranton Museum director who began running the museum [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 12,2013
Tags: flood, flooding, hurricance, park, pool, rain, severe weather, state park, storm, storm surge, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor, wave pool, Weather, wind
WAVELAND — The 460,000-gallon wave pool at Buccaneer State Park will be open tomorrow for the first time since Hurricane Katrina heavily damaged the water park in 2005. The Sun Herald reports Buccaneer Bay director Stu Rayburn rode out Hurricane Katrina at the park and was there during the difficult recovery process following the storm. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 12,2013
Tags: casino, city government, entertasinment, gamble, gambler, gambling, ganimg, hospitality, lodging, municipal, municipality, nightlife, real estate, restaurant, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, zoning
DIAMONDHEAD — The Diamondhead Planning Commission will hold a meeting later this month to consider a zoning change to allow a casino at the site of the old Harbor House property. City manager Richard Rose tells The Sun Herald the meeting will be on June 26 at City Hall. The planning commission will hear from [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 11,2013
Tags: accident, beach, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, seafood, tourism, tourist
GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Coast Incident Management Team and the U.S. Coast Guard are transitioning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response back to the pre-spill National Response Center system, according to a release from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). “While the Coast Guard and the Gulf States have decided that it’s [...] [...]
Jackson has a huge problem. Bigger than potholes. Smaller than crime. But still huge. This is the part where the economic developer says that perception is the problem. Not exactly, but it ties in with perception. The problem is panhandling. Read more in today’s Business Blog. [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 6,2013
Tags: advisory, angl;er, angling, beach, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, public safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water contact, water pollution, water quality
HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted two water contact advisories issued June 1 for stretches of Harrison County beach. Advisories were lifted on the following beach monitoring stations: • Station 10B — East Courthouse (from Courthouse Road east to Teagarden • Station 11A — [...] [...]
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