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Pump station incident prompts precautionary closure of beach

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:37 +0000

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 [...]

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South’s oldest casino to reopen as Golden Nugget

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:14 +0000

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. [...]

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Airline announces new service at Oxford

Associated Press — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:05 +0000

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. [...]

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Georges-damaged museum to reopen after 15 years

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:29:06 +0000

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 [...]

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Buccaneer’s wave pool to open tomorrow since detroyed by Katrina

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:03:40 +0000

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. [...]

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Diamondhead exploring zoning change to allow for casino

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:45:00 +0000

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 [...]

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BP oil spill cleanup ends, but MDEQ still monitoring beaches

MBJ Staff — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:23:17 +0000

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 [...]

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With lifting of advisories, all Coast beaches open

MBJ Staff — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:59:13 +0000

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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MDEQ issues Coast beach advisories

Associated Press — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:26:37 +0000

HARRISON COUNTY — State officials are warning that the water along several stretches of beach in Harrison County may have high bacteria levels that could expose swimmers to an increased risk of illness. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a warning yesterday for two beach segments in Biloxi and Gulfport. Neither area has been [...]

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State’s casinos see worst revenue in April since 1998

Associated Press — Tue, 28 May 2013 17:15:13 +0000

AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi casino revenue kept falling in April, with gamblers losing less than in any other April since 1998. Mississippi Department of Revenue figures show statewide casino revenue fell 6 percent to $176.3 million. » READ MORE: Details on declining casino revenues in April. Year-over-year casino revenue has fallen in every month since [...]

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