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: accident, casino, cleanup, crude oil, death, diesel, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel gasoline, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hoel, hospitality, lodging, loil, motel, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tar ball, tourism tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Tourist John Henson of Atlanta disagrees, [...] [...]
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 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 — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 2,2013
Tags: angl;er, angle, beach, ecosystem, fish, fishing, outdoors, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildile
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: casino, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, revenue, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, winning
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: convention, cultural tourism, culture, historic, history, home, management, meeting, preservation, restoration, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
OXFORD — The Cedar Oaks Mansion and L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum were once dilapidated buildings in danger of either being torn down or falling down on their own until concerned citizens got together to save the two homes from disrepair. The Cosmopolitan and Centennial clubs revived Cedar Oaks and the Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation bought [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: antebellum, historic, history, home, house, Landmark, real estate, residence, residential real estate, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
OXFORD — The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission wants the 165-year-old antebellum Shaw House registered as a national landmark so someone will buy and restore it. The home was built in 1848 by Oxford brick maker Dave Kennedy and has been in the Shaw family since 1929. It’s located on 5.8 acres of land and is [...] [...]
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