BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, have ordered the reopening of Mississippi territorial waters north of the barrier islands to all commercial and recreational finfish and shrimp fishing activities [...]

BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality met with Coast mayors and county officials on Tuesday to solicit their input on a plan to remove boom from Mississippi waters as hurricane season heats up and oil spill response operations in Mississippi move into recovery mode, the [...]

As promised in the July 30th GG, here are the Planning Commission action items that will be considered by the Board of Aldermen at their next meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 3. The Board of Aldermen will meet at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Complex. Planning Commission Action Items

The mandatory evacuation of the Pass Christian Harbor has been lifted. A VOLUNTARY evacuation has been issued by the City of Pass Christian Harbor Master for all boats located in the Pass Christian Harbor.   A VOLUNTARY evacuation is still in effect for the Long Beach Harbor in Long Beach, MS. Boat owners are encouraged [...]

The Harrison County Emergency Management Agency Director, Rupert Lacy, wishes to advise the residents of Harrison County that the watches and warnings associated with the approach of Bonnie have been lifted at this time.   Harrison County has been placed under a Wind Advisory from 1:00 Pm today until 5:00 AM Sunday, July 25th, 2010. [...]

The Bayou Portage Bridge will be opening on a set schedule beginning 7PM tonight then every two hours after that at 9 PM and 11 PM today, Friday, July 23, 2010.   Additionally, boaters needing safe passage through the Bayou Portage Bridge on Saturday, July 24th must call 228-326-4792 two hours in advance of the [...]

The City of Pass Christian has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the harbor due to expected rising water from Tropical Storm Bonnie over the weekend. All boats need to be out by noon on Saturday, officials said. Also, anyone with grinder pumps in low-lying areas needs to shut off the power to those, in the [...]

The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality are opening Mississippi’s territorial marine waters to licensed live bait shrimping and recreational catch-and-release hook and line fishing in areas previously closed. This will take effect and be in force at 12:01 a.m., July 20, 2010.

The July 23rd issue is online now: Front page image: ______________________ PDFs of the entire newspaper (these are large files and may take a few minutes to download): Pages 1-5 from the July 16 issue Pages 6-11 from the July 16 issue Pages 12-19 from the July 16 issue Pages 20-25 from the July 16 [...]

BILOXI, Miss. – The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, have issued an emergency order requiring the removal of all crab traps effective 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from Mississippi territorial marine waters, which were already under precautionary closure to all commercial and recreational [...]